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Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks
INTRODUCTION: Endoleaks remains one of the primary concerns of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) and is routinely followed with CT angiography (CTA). However, certain imaging findings can mimic endoleaks. CASE PRESENTATION: A 65-year-old woman who had endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) of an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4755061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949697 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/cardiovascmed.32448 |
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author | Wu, Alex Karuppasamy, Karunakaravel Wang, Weiping |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Endoleaks remains one of the primary concerns of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) and is routinely followed with CT angiography (CTA). However, certain imaging findings can mimic endoleaks. CASE PRESENTATION: A 65-year-old woman who had endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) of an abdominal aortic aneurysm with Endologix Powerlink system developed marked new circumferential cauliflower-like bulging of contrast-filled sacs at mid-stent-graft with enlargement of the excluded aneurysm at 3-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the unique construct of the Powerlink stents, this is thought to represent aneurysmal degeneration of the outer fabric material from the metal struts and may potentially pressurize the excluded sac with risk for rupture. |
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spelling | pubmed-47550612016-03-05 Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks Wu, Alex Karuppasamy, Karunakaravel Wang, Weiping Res Cardiovasc Med Case Report INTRODUCTION: Endoleaks remains one of the primary concerns of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) and is routinely followed with CT angiography (CTA). However, certain imaging findings can mimic endoleaks. CASE PRESENTATION: A 65-year-old woman who had endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) of an abdominal aortic aneurysm with Endologix Powerlink system developed marked new circumferential cauliflower-like bulging of contrast-filled sacs at mid-stent-graft with enlargement of the excluded aneurysm at 3-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the unique construct of the Powerlink stents, this is thought to represent aneurysmal degeneration of the outer fabric material from the metal struts and may potentially pressurize the excluded sac with risk for rupture. Kowsar 2016-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4755061/ /pubmed/26949697 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/cardiovascmed.32448 Text en Copyright © 2016, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Wu, Alex Karuppasamy, Karunakaravel Wang, Weiping Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks |
title | Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks |
title_full | Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks |
title_fullStr | Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks |
title_full_unstemmed | Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks |
title_short | Billowing Of Endologix Powerlink Stent Mimicking Endoleaks |
title_sort | billowing of endologix powerlink stent mimicking endoleaks |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4755061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949697 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/cardiovascmed.32448 |
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