Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not an independent marker for adverse outcomes in endograft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

A significant proportion of patients undergoing endograft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We report here our experience and analysis of 342 consecutive AAA endograft repairs in patients with and without COPD (137, or 39%, of patients with COPD and 55, or 16%, with moderate to severe COPD). Patient outcomes such as perioperative mortality, length of admission, intensive care unit admission, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, conversion to open surgery, duration of surgery, postoperative endoleaks, and combined respiratory complications were analyzed; differences were not statistically significant compared to patients without COPD (p > 0.

Clinical impact of chronic renal insufficiency on endovascular aneurysm repair.

Endovascular aneurysm repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms has become a viable alternative to open repair. A significant proportion of this patient population has chronic renal insufficiency. The surgical outcomes associated with endovascular repair in 342 patients, with and without chronic renal insufficiency, are reported.

Posterior tibial artery aneurysm: A case report.

Aneurysms of tibial vessels are extremely rare. The majority are pseudoaneurysms caused by trauma. Those that are true aneurysms have been associated with an inflammatory process or were mycotic in origin.

Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair at hartford hospital: a six year experience.

Introduction And Objectives: Endograft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) has become a viable alternative to open surgical repair in the last decade. We report here our experience and analysis of the surgical outcomes associated with endograft AAA repair.

Methods: Patients suffering from significant abdominal aortic aneurysms (> 5cm in diameter) underwent endovascular repair.

Common origins of carotid and subclavian arterial systems: report of a rare aortic arch variant.

An aberrant right subclavian artery (aSA) arising from the proximal descending aorta is one of the most common anomalies of the aortic arch. We present our experience with an asymptomatic atypical aSA variant found during routine anatomic dissection. This aortic arch variant had two branches, the first being a bicarotid trunk and the second being a common trunk for both subclavian arteries.