Endovascular repair of inflammatory abdominal aneurysm: a retrospective analysis of CT follow-up

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2005 May;16(5):737-41. doi: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000156188.28349.23.

Abstract

Retrospective radiologic and clinical midterm follow-up is reported for 10 patients with inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA) after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). At a mean follow-up of 33 months, regression of the thickness of the perianeurysmal fibrosis (PAF) and decrease of aneurysmal sac diameter was observed in nine patients. Four EVAR-associated complications were observed: periinterventional dissection of femoral artery (n = 1), blue toe syndrome (n = 1), and stent-graft disconnection (n = 2). EVAR is the less invasive method of aneurysm exclusion in patients with IAAA with a comparable evolution of the PAF as reported after open repair.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / adverse effects
  • Treatment Outcome