[Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm: endovascular repair with stent grafts]. / Infrarenales Bauchaortenaneurysma: Endovaskuläre Stent-Graft-Therapie.
Radiologe
; 48(9): 881-98, 2008 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
As an alternative to surgery, endovascular therapy with stent grafts has become the second main treatment option for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. Unlike surgery, endovascular treatment with stent grafts is also applicable in patients unfit for open repair. Despite current improvements in endovascular repair devices, significant anatomic barriers still exclude this technique for a large number of patients. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound are essential for diagnostics, preintervention planning, and postintervention follow-up of abdominal aneurysms treated with stent grafts. This review covers etiology, pathology, and diagnostic aspects. Materials and methods for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms are presented in detail, and clinical results and complications are discussed.
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Assunto principal:
Prótese Vascular
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Stents
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Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal
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Implantação de Prótese
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Humans
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Radiologe
Ano de publicação:
2008
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Article