Abdominal aortic aneurysm in Behçet's disease: treatment with endovascular stent graft.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of acute rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with Behçet's disease is reported. The patient was successfully treated by implantation of an endovascular stent graft. The preinterventional diagnostic procedures and the postinterventional follow-up are described and the benefit and risk vs open surgery is discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
- Behcet Syndrome
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
- Stents