Thursday, 30 March 2017

Transcatheter Embolisation with Onyx of a Persistent Type 1a Endoleak

Type 1endoleak is a manifestation of a sealing failure and is defined as a persistent blood flow within the aneurysm sac at the attachment site. It is associated with a significant pressure increase in the aneurysm sac and an increased risk of aneurysm rupture. 


Type 1a Endoleak

Treatment always should be considered. Standard endovascular treatment includes the insertion of an aortic cuff, which gives additional coverage more proximally, or placement of a balloon-expandable stent inside the endograft to improve sealing. If it doesn’t exist any additional landing zone, chimney or periscope grafts or visceral artery bypass can be useful to extend landing zones. Transcatheter embolisation with coils, glue and thrombin, N-butyl cyanoacrylate (BCA) or Onyx is rarely performed to solve type I endoleaks. We describe a case of a patient who underwent Onyx embolisation of a type 1 endoleak after failure of a chimney graft. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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