• Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2007

    Case Reports

    Endovascular repair of mycotic aneurysms of the aorta: an alternative to conventional bypass surgery in patients with acute sepsis.

    • Manuel L Fernández Guerrero, José Urbano, Alberto Ortiz, Carlos Caramelo, and Miguel De Górgolas.
    • Department of Medicine and the Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Invasive Radiology and Nephrology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. mlfernandez@fjd.es
    • Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 2007 Jan 1;39(3):268-71.

    AbstractTreatment of mycotic aneurysms of the aorta includes excision of infected tissue followed by anatomic or extra-anatomic bypass. However, operative mortality remains high particularly in elderly patients with comorbidities. We describe here 2 patients with mycotic aneurysms of the descending aorta in whom endovascular repair was successfully performed. In 1 of these patients, stent grafting was attained during the acute, bacteraemic phase of infection. After 12 and 20 months, respectively, of diagnosis, both patients are doing well.

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