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Endovascular and hybrid treatment of recurrent thoracoabdominal aneurysms in an HIV-positive patient.

Testi G, Freyrie A, Gargiulo M, Mauro R, Maioli F, Rossi C, Stella A

Cardiovascular Department, Division of Vascular Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. gabriele.testi2@studio.unibo.it

INTRODUCTION: We report a case of staged endovascular and hybrid treatment of recurrent thoracoabdominal aneurysms (TAAA) in a 55-year-old HIV-positive man. REPORT: A patient, who had previously been surgically treated for a type III TAAA, presented with recurrent aneurysms. The patient was treated by a combination of endovascular and open surgery. Neither visceral nor spinal ischemia were observed. CONCLUSION: The hybrid treatment of recurrent TAAA could offer lower mortality and morbidity. Patients with HIV/AIDS treated for aortic aneurysms require close follow-up.

Published 12 December 2006 in Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 33(1): 78-80.
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