Dilatation of the infrarenal aneurysm neck after endovascular exclusion of abdominal aortic aneurysm
(1998) In Journal of Endovascular Surgery 5(3). p.195-200- Abstract
- PURPOSE: To determine the fate of the infrarenal aneurysm neck and suprarenal aorta after endovascular exclusion of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). METHODS: Thirty-four patients underwent endovascular AAA repair between January 1994 and December 1995 using custom-made stent-grafts constructed from polyester graft material and modified self-expanding Gianturco Z-stents sutured to the graft orifices. Thirty-one patients were available for follow-up. Pre- and postimplantation diameters were measured using spiral computed tomography in the infrarenal aneurysm neck and the suprarenal aorta at the level of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). RESULTS: The mean follow-up time was 25 months. There was a significant increase of the diameter of... (More)
- PURPOSE: To determine the fate of the infrarenal aneurysm neck and suprarenal aorta after endovascular exclusion of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). METHODS: Thirty-four patients underwent endovascular AAA repair between January 1994 and December 1995 using custom-made stent-grafts constructed from polyester graft material and modified self-expanding Gianturco Z-stents sutured to the graft orifices. Thirty-one patients were available for follow-up. Pre- and postimplantation diameters were measured using spiral computed tomography in the infrarenal aneurysm neck and the suprarenal aorta at the level of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). RESULTS: The mean follow-up time was 25 months. There was a significant increase of the diameter of the infrarenal aneurysm neck (+ 1.65 mm, p = 0.002), but not in the aorta at the level of the SMA (+0.52 mm, p = 0.100). There was no difference in the change in diameter in the infrarenal neck in the group with a stent adjacent to the level of measurement (n = 20) compared with the group without an adjacent stent (n = 11, p = 0.790). There was no correlation between preimplantation size of the infrarenal neck and its diameter change (r = 0.14, p = 0.488). There was no correlation (r = 0.10, p = 0.603) or association (chi-square test, p = 0.211) between aortic diameter change at the level of the SMA and the infrarenal neck. CONCLUSIONS: This investigation shows a significant dilatation of the infrarenal aneurysm neck, but not in the suprarenal aorta, after endovascular AAA repair with this device. The clinical significance of these findings is unclear. Whether such a dilatation in the infrarenal aneurysm neck may affect the long-term attachment of stent-grafts remains to be shown in the future. (Less)
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- Sonesson, Björn LU ; Malina, Martin LU ; Ivancev, Krassi LU ; Lindh, Mats LU ; Lindblad, Bengt LU and Brunkwall, Jan
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- 1998
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- stent-graft, endovascular grafting, aneurysm morphology, self-expanding stents, Gianturco stent
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- Journal of Endovascular Surgery
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- 5
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- 3
- pages
- 195 - 200
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- International Society of Endovascular Specialists
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- pmid:9761569
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- 1074-6218
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- 10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0195:DOTIAN>2.0.CO;2
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- English
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- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Emergency medicine/Medicine/Surgery (013240200), Medical Radiology Unit (013241410), Unit for Clinical Vascular Disease Research (013242410)
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