We report on a successful endovascular treatment of an infrarenal aortic aneurysm, with leak within the wall, in a HIV-positive patient with CD4 count 130/µL, who presented at the emergency department with abdominal pain.
Chetty R., Batitang S., Nair R.Large artery vasculopathy in HIV-positive patients: another vasculitic enigma . Hum Pathol. 2000; 31(3):374-379.
2.
Marks C., Kuskov S.Pattern of arterial aneurysms in acquired immunodeficiency disease . World J Surg. 1995;19(1):127-132.
3.
Botes K., Marle J.Surgical intervention for HIV related vascular disease. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007;34(4):390-396.
4.
Lin PH, Bush RL, Yao Q., et al. Abdominal aortic surgery in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Am J Surg. 2004;188(6):690-697.
5.
Rayt HS, Sutton AJ, London NJ, Sayers RD, Bown MJA systematic review and meta-analysis of endovascular repair (EVAR) for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2008;36(5):536-544.
6.
Patetsios PP , Shutze W., Holden B., et al. Repair of a mycotic aneurysm of the infrarenal aorta in a patient with HIV, using a Palmaz stent and autologous femoral vein graft. Ann Vasc Surg. 2002;16(4):521-523.
7.
Wang H., Rammos S., Fraser K., Elwood P.Successful endovascular treatment of a ruptured mycotic intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm in an AIDS patient. Neurocrit Care . 2007;7(2): 156-159.
8.
Heikkinen M. , Dake M., Alsac JM, Zarins C.Multiple HIV-related aneurysms: open and endovascular treatment. J Endovasc Ther . 2005;12(3):405-410.
9.
Mu H., Chai H., Lin P., Yao Q., Chen C.Current update on HIVassociated vascular disease and endothelial dysfunction . World J Surg. 2007;31(4):632-643.
10.
Annambhotla S., Bourgeois S., Wang X., Lin P., Yao Q., Chen C.Recent advances in molecular mechanisms of abdominal aortic aneurysm formation. World J Surg. 2008;32(6):976-986.
11.
Nair R., Abdool-Carrim ATO, Chetty R., Robbs JVArterial aneurysms in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a distinct clinicopathology entity. J Vasc Surg. 1999; 29(4):600-607.
12.
Blankensteijn JD, de Jong SE, Prinssen M., et al. Two-year outcomes after conventional or endo-vascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med. 2005;352(23): 2398-2405.
13.
Sadat U., Boyle JR, Walsh SR, Tang T., Varty K., Hayes PDEndovascular vs open repair of acute abdominal aortic aneurysms-a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Vasc Surg. 2008 ;48(1): 227-236.
