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A 103 Year Old Man With a Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
INTRODUCTION: With wider use of stent grafts, treating nonagenarians with abdominal aortic aneurysm has become more common in Japan. This is the report of a 103 year old patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who successfully underwent emergency endovascular aortic repair. To the present...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7287398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33078145 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2020.02.006 |
Sumario: | INTRODUCTION: With wider use of stent grafts, treating nonagenarians with abdominal aortic aneurysm has become more common in Japan. This is the report of a 103 year old patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who successfully underwent emergency endovascular aortic repair. To the present authors’ knowledge, this report describes the oldest patient treated for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm with a successful outcome. REPORT: A 103 year old man with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm was successfully treated by endovascular aortic repair. The post-operative course was uneventful, and he was discharged from the hospital on post-operative day 11. Two months later, in the outpatient clinic, the patient was doing well. CONCLUSION: It is important that decisions concerning the operative indications for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in elderly patients are based not only on age, but also on a comprehensive pre-operative assessment, including consideration of the patient's activity of daily life and personal wishes, as well as the desires of family members. |
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