Endovascular management of delayed complete graft thrombosis after endovascular aneurysm repair

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010 Aug;33(4):840-3. doi: 10.1007/s00270-009-9780-7. Epub 2009 Dec 22.

Abstract

Graft thrombosis rates after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms vary widely in published series. When thrombosis does occur, it usually involves a single limb and occurs within 3 months of stent-graft insertion. If the entire endoprosthesis is thrombosed, treatment may be challenging because femoro-femoral crossover graft insertion is not an option and a greater volume of thrombus is present, thus making thrombolysis more difficult. We present two cases of delayed thrombosis after EVAR involving the entire stent-graft. These were successfully treated by a combined surgical and endovascular technique, and patency has been maintained in both cases to date.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Endovascular Procedures / methods*
  • Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Artery / surgery
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnosis*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / methods
  • Vascular Patency
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Venous Thrombosis / surgery*