Reconstructing the aortic bifurcation1
Patient presentation
- 76-year-old male
- History of smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery disease
- Bilateral thigh and calf claudication — Rutherford Category 3 (severe claudication)
Clinical challenges
- High-grade, diffuse common iliac stenoses bilaterally
- TASC II Type C lesion
- Severely atheromatous aortoiliac arteries
Procedure
Conservative pre-dilatation to address high-grade stenosis and severe calcification
Procedure
VBX Stent Graft deployment: “kissing” placement reconstructs the aortic bifurcation
Results
Completion retrograde angiography demonstrates widely patent iliac arteries with VBX Stent Graft
- Holden A, Merrilees S, Buckley B, Connor B, Colgan F, Hill A. First-in-human experience with the Gore Balloon-Expandable Covered Endoprosthesis in iliac artery occlusive disease. Journal of Endovascular Therapy 2017;24(1):11-18
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