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Endovascular Aortic Repair Should Be the Gold Standard for Ruptured AAAs, and All Vascular Surgeons Should Be Prepared to Perform Them

Division of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, FJVMD{at}msn.com

Nicholas J. Gargiulo, MD

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York

When ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are not treated, they cause death. In addition, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (RAAAs) have high mortality (35%-70%) and morbidity rates when treated by standard open surgical methods. These high perioperative mortality and morbidity rates have not been substantially reduced despite the introduction of many improvements in open operative technique or perioperative care. Endovascular approaches to treat AAAs introduced in the early 1990s provided an opportunity to substantially alter treatment outcomes when rupture occurred. This article details how these endovascular approaches, which include endovascular stented grafts, can be applied to the treatment of RAAAs, and what advantages these new catheter-based approaches to treatment offer.

Key Words: ruptured AAAs • endovascular • aneurysm repair • endograft • hypotensive hemostasis

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 19, No. 3, 275-282 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1531003507304438


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