PURPOSE: Penetrating @entity731 (PAU) is an ulceration of an @entity731 plaque penetrating through the intima, which may lead to intramural @entity1410 , @entity439 formation, or @entity397 . This disease is predominantly found in the thoracic aorta and is uncommon in the infrarenal aorta. The effectiveness of endovascular repair of PAU in the infrarenal aorta was retrospectively investigated. METHODS: From 1999 to 2002, PAU was diagnosed with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the abdominal aorta in four @entity1 . All @entity1 were @entity1 ; their average age was 78 years. All four @entity1 had @entity101 , and two @entity1 had concomitant @entity453 . Three @entity1 had @entity490 or lumbago. RESULTS: All @entity1 underwent endovascular grafting with a Gianturco Z-stent covered with thin-wall woven Dacron graft. Indications for endovascular intervention were @entity439 formation with or without intramural @entity1410 in two @entity1 and contained @entity397 with extraaortic @entity1410 in two @entity1 . The postoperative course was uneventful in all cases, and no endoleak or @entity439 expansion was recognized during follow-up (4-32 months; average, 14 months). CONCLUSIONS: Infrarenal aortic lesions caused by PAU were generally localized, and endovascular grafting appears to be a feasible alternative to surgical repair.

Endovascular stent-graft repair for penetrating XXXX in the infrarenal abdominal aorta.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'men'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity397 :: ('MESH:D012421', 'Disease') :: ['rupture'] @entity1410 :: ('MESH:D006406', 'Disease') :: ['hematoma'] @entity439 :: ('MESH:D000783', 'Disease') :: ['aneurysm'] @entity453 :: ('MESH:D003324', 'Disease') :: ['coronary artery disease'] @entity490 :: ('MESH:D015746', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain'] @entity731 :: ('MESH:D050197', 'Disease') :: ['atherosclerotic', 'atherosclerotic ulcer']
@entity731 :: (MESH:D050197,Disease) :: ['atherosclerotic ulcer']
