학술논문
Endovascular repair of mycotic aneurysms of the aorta: An alternative to conventional bypass surgery in patients with acute sepsis.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*AORTIC aneurysms
*AORTIC diseases
*SEPSIS
*BLOOD diseases
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*MYCOSES
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ISSN
0036-5548
Abstract
Treatment of mycotic aneurysms of the aorta includes excision of infected tissue followed by anatomic or extra-anatomic bypass. However, operative mortality remains high particularly in elderly patients with comorbidities. We describe here 2 patients with mycotic aneurysms of the descending aorta in whom endovascular repair was successfully performed. In 1 of these patients, stent grafting was attained during the acute, bacteraemic phase of infection. After 12 and 20 months, respectively, of diagnosis, both patients are doing well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]