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. 2018 Mar-Apr;24(2):113-114.
doi: 10.5152/dir.2018.17465.

Use of balloon-expandable stents to support the efficacy of ultra-low profile endografts in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with challenging iliac anatomy

Efstratios Georgakarakos  1 , Andreas Koutsoumpelis  1
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Use of balloon-expandable stents to support the efficacy of ultra-low profile endografts in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with challenging iliac anatomy

Efstratios Georgakarakos et al. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2018 Mar-Apr.
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Figure. a–d
Figure. a–d
Computed tomography angiography (CTA) image (a) of an abdominal aortic aneurysm with stenosis and severe angulation of the left common iliac artery. After deployment of an Incraft trimodular low-profile endograft (Cordis Incraft, b), persistent angulation and stenosis of the iliac limb necessitated additional support via a 10 mm × 36 mm balloon expandable stent, deployed at the same time and resulting in straightening of the iliac axis. Image (c) shows another example of a Cordis Incraft endograft used for the treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm of 60 mm with marked angulation of the left common iliac artery in a 66-year-old patient. Deployment of the left iliac limb was followed by prolonged ballooning at the site of the angulation to abate the latter. At 1-month follow-up (d) the CTA image reveals persistence of the angulation (arrow), reducing the lumen of the iliac limb and weakening the femoral pulses on the left. Under local anesthesia, the patient received percutaneously a 10 mm × 36 mm balloon expandable stent that straightened the segment resulting in augmentation of the femoral pulses.
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