1. Emergency endovascular repair of aortoiliac aneurysms in COVID-19 times.
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de Athayde Soares, Rafael, Martins Cury, Marcus Vinícius, da Silva Júnior, Luiz Maurício, Schettini Figueiredo, Patrícia Weiber, Pereira Nery da Costa, Danilo Augusto, de Freitas Correa, Camila, de Arruda Cáceres, Nayara, and Saciloto, Roberto
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AORTIC rupture , *ENDOVASCULAR surgery , *COVID-19 , *ELECTIVE surgery , *COVID-19 pandemic , *AORTIC aneurysms , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
In this paper, we describe a case series of four patients who were admitted with emergencies related to aortic aneurysms over a 3-day period and were treated with endovascular repair. The first patient was an 81-year-old female with a history of abdominal pain and a ruptured aortic aneurysm diagnosed by AngioCT-scan. The second patient was a 63-year-old male with a history of oral digestive bleeding and an AngioCT-scan showing an aortoenteric fistula. The third patient was a 77-year-old female with sudden-onset abdominal pain and ruptured right common iliac aneurysm. The fourth patient presented with abdominal pain and an AngioCT-scan showed aortic rupture. All four patients were discharged with no major complications or surgical mortality. These case series show that despite the Covid-19 pandemic situation, since elective surgeries decreased, vascular emergencies have increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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