Endovascular treatment of a ruptured pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysm in a COVID-19 patient: suggestions and case report

The aim of this report is to discuss emergent repair for complex aortic diseases in patients affected by novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), describing a case of ruptured pararenal aortic aneurysm.A COVID-19, eighty-years-old man was admitted for ruptured aneurysm of the pararenal aorta and hemorrhagic shock. Endovascular repair was chosen and a proximal extension of the previous abdominal endograft was performed with parallel stents in the right renal artery and the superior mesenteric artery.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research