Radiology, Vol 184, 185-190, Copyright © 1992 by Radiological Society of North America

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Intraluminal bypass of abdominal aortic aneurysm: feasibility study

JC Laborde, JC Parodi, MF Clem, FO Tio, HD Barone, FJ Rivera, CE Encarnacion and JC Palmaz
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7800.

This study evaluated the feasibility of treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) by means of intraluminal bypass. Artificial aortic aneurysms with fusiform Dacron conduits were created at surgery , a weft-knit Dacron tube with balloon-expandable stents attached at both ends was inserted transfemorally through a 14-F introducer sheath and expanded at the aneurysmal level by means of inflation of a coaxial balloon. The transluminal bypass successfully excluded the aneurysmal lumen immediately after placement. In two dogs, a postplacement aortogram revealed torsion of the graft that caused early occlusion. The six other dogs had a patent bypass at 6 months follow-up. Four of these dogs had evidence of kinking of the graft as a result of shrinkage of the prosthetic aneurysm. Histopathologic studies revealed that endothelialization was complete on the stents and partial on the graft surface. It is concluded that transluminal bypass of AAA is feasible in the dog model.

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