Endovascular surgery for failed open aortic aneurysm repair*1

Abstract

Endovascular surgery is an elegant approach for repair of recurring aortic lesions late after open aortic surgery. IVUS is a precious instrument for per procedural identification of the previous implants. However, long-term follow-up is mandatory after endovascular surgery.

The Vienna aneurysm program

“…As initial results have been encouraging, this new treatment modality has been used more liberally and short-term and mid-term results are well-documented [11][12][13][14][39][40][41][42][43].…”