A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repaired with a bifurcated unibody endoluminal graft

Autor: Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Mitar Vranic, Dawn Olsen, Charles S. Thompson, Leanne DiMugno, Julio A. Rodriguez, Edward B. Diethrich
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery. 22(5)
ISSN: 1078-5884
Popis: Patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (RAAAs) often die before they reach the hospital. Even with emergent surgical intervention, in-hospital operative mortality rates range from 22% to 48% and are considerably higher than those associated with elective repair of non-ruptured aneurysms ( 8 cm. The rupture was contained, and, hence, did not experience the sudden drop in and a huge retroperitoneal haematoma extending to blood pressure often encountered with induction. Bilateral sheaths (Cordis, Warren, NJ, U.S.A.) were ∗ Please address all correspondence to: J. A. Rodriguez, Arizona placed percutaneously in the common femoral arteries Heart Institute, 2632 North 20th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, U.S.A. (CFA) (12-F on the right and 9-F on the left). An
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