PURPOSE To report a case of type IIIb endoleak developed six years after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). CASE REPORT A 75-year-old man underwent successful Talent™ stent-graft positioning to treat a 53 mm abdominal aortic aneurysm. Subsequently the patient did well and yearly routine control computerized tomography (CT) was unremarkable. Six years later the patient sudde...

Evolution in the endovascular era has influenced the management of aortic arch pathologies. "Chimney" or "snorkel" graft technique has been used as an alternative in high risk patients unfit for open repair. We reviewed the published literature on the chimney graft technique for preservation of the supra-aortic branches in order to provide an extensive insight of its feasibility and efficacy an...

INTRODUCTION We aim to highlight the need for awareness of late complications of endovascular thoracic aortic stenting and the need for close follow-up of patients treated by this method. CASE PRESENTATION We report the first case in the English literature of an endovascular repair of a previously stented, ruptured chronic Stanford type B thoracic aortic dissection re-presenting with a type I...

Introduction: D Dimer has been shown to be elevated in abdominal aortic aneurysms (untreated). Report: An 80 year old man presented with left calf swelling. During the investigations to exclude deep vein thrombosis a very high level of D Dimer was noted. This prompted evaluation of his previous endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) graft when the duplex scan of the left lower extremity was normal...

Isolated aneurysms of the iliac arteries are relatively rare conditions that traditionally have been treated by surgical reconstruction. We report our experience with endovascular treatment of iliac artery aneurysms (IAAs) with Anaconda stent graft limb. Two male patients were found to have 4.5 and 3.6 cm isolated common IAAs, respectively. The endograft was successfully advanced and deployed p...

A 72-year-old woman presented with a thoracic aortic aneurysm that was found to have increased from 5.1 cm to 7.1 cm. Due to the increase in size, the aortic aneurysm required endovascular repair. After deployment of a GORE C-TAG stent graft, a distal type 1 endoleak was still present, requiring deployment of another stent to achieve total coverage. The aorta had an angled anatomical variation ...