title: Multiple endovascular stent-graft implantations in a patient with aortic thoracic and abdominal aneurysms due Takayasu arteritis.
abstract: We report an adult female patient with Takayasu arteritis (TA) receiving conventional medical treatment and anti-TNF therapy, which developed progressive thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms. She developed imminent rupture of the thoracic aneurysm and an endovascular stent-graft (EVSG) was emergency implanted and a year after this procedure the abdominal aneurysm increased in size requiring reoperation and placement of another EVSG. Both procedures had a very good outcome. This case shows the effectivity and security of multiple EVSG implantations in multiple aortic aneurisms in patients with TA.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, ICESI University, Fundación Valle del Lili, Avenida Simón Bolívar Cra.98 No.18-49, Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonilla-Abadía
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Echeverri
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carbonell
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cañas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001688:Biological Products / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha