title: Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in HIV Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm and Low CD4.
abstract: We report two HIV infected patients with ruptured abdominal aneurysm by using endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) technique. A 59-year-old Thai man had a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and a 57-year-old man had a ruptured iliac artery aneurysm. Both patients had a CD4 level below 200μ/L indicating a low immune status at admission. They were treated by EVAR. Neither patient had any complications in 3 months postoperatively. EVAR may have a role in HIV patients with ruptured abdominal aneurysm together with very low immunity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Saranat
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5670-4566
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orrapin
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Saritphat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orrapin
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Supapong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arworn
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Termpong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reanpang
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; NCD Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; NCD Center of Excellence, Research Institute of Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kittipan
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0784-2449
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rerkasem