Giant aneurysmal degeneration after subintimal fluoropolymer-coated paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation for the superficial femoral artery occlusion: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug-eluting therapies remarkably reduce the incidence of restenosis and have revolutionized endovascular strategies for femoropopliteal lesions in patients with peripheral artery disease, nevertheless, concerns have arisen over the risk of aneurysmal degeneration after using an Eluvia polymer-based drug-eluting stent (DES).

Case summary

We present a case of an 80-year-old male who developed a giant aneurysm long-term after Eluvia implantation. He noticed a pulsatile mass in his thigh without any decrease in the ankle-brachial index 27 months after subintimal DES placement for superficial femoral artery (SFA) chronic total occlusion. Duplex ultrasonography (DUS) showed a giant cavity outside the vessel and a to-and-fro flow between the cavity and the SFA at the El

SUBMITTER: Miwa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11630912 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature