1. Endovascular repair of a profunda femoris artery aneurysm.
- Author
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Brancaccio G, Celoria GM, Stefanini T, Lombardi R, and Falco E
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- Aged, 80 and over, Aneurysm diagnostic imaging, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal diagnostic imaging, Aortography methods, Humans, Male, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome, Aneurysm therapy, Embolization, Therapeutic, Femoral Artery diagnostic imaging
- Abstract
Profunda femoris artery (PFA) aneurysms are rare and they are usually treated with open surgery. We report the case of an 87-year-old patient who during the preoperative work-up for an abdominal aortic aneurysm was found to have a 4.2-cm aneurysm of the right PFA. A percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization was successfully performed using a contralateral retrograde approach. To date, only three patients, including the present case, have been treated with transcatheter coil embolization for a PFA aneurysm. In the absence of concomitant superficial femoral artery disease, embolization of aneurysms of the profunda femoris seems to be a safe and minimally invasive alternative to open repair in selected patients., (Copyright © 2011 Annals of Vascular Surgery Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2011
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