Abstract:

Aneurism of the splenic artery is a rare, but potentially life-threatening condition. In the majority of patients with an aneurism of unpaired visceral arteries the endovascular procedure is a treatment of choice. Of them stent graft implantation is considered as the most promising method. However, until recent only balloon-dilated stent grafts were used. Due to a rigid delivering system this type of grafts cannot be implanted in distal branches of visceral arteries, that is significant limitation of this technique. Technological advances and developing of low-profile soft self-expanding grafts allow overcoming this limitation. New type of grafts opens the possibility to exclude aneurisms even in conditions of marked vessel tortuosity and complex vascular anatomy

Conclusion: stent-graft implantation is an effective and safe method of treatment of splenic artery false aneurisms. This method allows to reliably exclude an aneurism from the circulation and is not associated with increased risk of thrombotic complications. Modern low-profile soft self-expanding grafts open new possibility in treatment of visceral arteries aneurisms even in conditions of marked vessel tortuosity and complex vascular anatomy.

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