Ruptured pseudo-aneurysm of the popliteal artery after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

An 88-year-old female presented with gangrene of two toes of the left foot. Angiography revealed a calcified occlusion of the left popliteal artery, 8 cm in length. Recanalisation was performed and the occlusion was successfully dilated.

PTA and stenting after previous aortoiliac endarterectomy.

Objectives: to evaluate the feasibility and long-term results of angioplasty and stenting in the treatment of restenosis following aortoiliac endarterectomy.

Materials And Methods: between 1991 and 1999 19 patients underwent angioplasty with selective stenting for recurrent stenosis after previous aortoiliac endarterectomy. Aortic lesions were treated five times in four patients.

Treatment of ruptured anastomotic aneurysm by endograft.

Ruptured anastomotic aneurysms after aortobifemoral surgery are potentially life threatening. The preferred technique consists of resection of the pseudoaneurysm and interposition of a new graft. We present a case in which an endovascular approach was chosen for treatment of a ruptured femoral false aneurysm.

Endograft exclusion of residual common iliac artery aneurysms.

Purpose: To describe an endovascular approach for residual common iliac artery (CIA) aneurysm.

Methods And Results: A residual CIA was discovered in a 73-year-old man during routine examination following straight interposition graft placement for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aortobifemoral bypass was performed with ligation of both aneurysmal iliac arteries.