Endovascular treatment of mycotic aortic aneurysms: a paradigm shift

Abstract

Treatment of mycotic aortic aneurysms (MAAs) composes a particularly difficult challenge. Open repair has been considered the gold standard, despite lack of evidence supporting its superiority compared with the emerging alternative endovascular aortic repair (EVAR). This review discusses the pros and cons of EVAR for MAAs by dissecting the three largest publications on MAAs, and concludes that there has been a paradigm shift in treatment of MAAs for the benefit of EVAR.