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Successful Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Renal Transplant Recipient |
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| Authors: | Ioannis S. Kaskarelis Maria Koukoulaki Ioannis Lappas Fani Karkatzia Nikitas Dimopoulos Vasilios Filias Ion Bellenis Vasilios Vougas Spiros Drakopoulos |
| Affiliation: | (1) Unit of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, 45–47 Ipsilantou Street, Athens, 106 76, Greece;(2) Transplant Unit, First Department of Surgery, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, 45–47 Ipsilantou Street, Athens, 106 76, Greece;(3) Department of Vascular Surgery, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, 45–47 Ipsilantou Street, Athens, 106 76, Greece;(4) Maria Koukoulaki, 15 Pandrosou Street, 166 74 Athens, Glyfada, Greece |
| Abstract: | A renal transplant recipient presented in the early post-transplantation period with rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The high mortality rate of the surgical repair of ruptured aneurysm in addition to the concern of preserving the renal graft prompted us to seek alternative approaches, such as repairing the aneurysm by means of endovascular techniques. The ruptured aneurysm was confirmed by performing computed tomography and digital angiography and thereafter was successfully repaired by endovascular stenting technique (Talent stent-graft), which seems to be a safe and effective method of preserving a renal graft. |
| Keywords: | Aneurysm, abdominal aortic Aneurysm, rupture Endovascular repair Interventional procedure Kidney transplantation Stent, Talent |
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