Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in HIV Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm and Low CD4.
Saranat OrrapinSaritphat OrrapinSupapong ArwornTermpong ReanpangKitttipan RerkasemPublished in: Case reports in surgery (2016)
We report two HIV infected patients with ruptured abdominal aneurysm by using endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) technique. A 59-year-old Thai man had a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and a 57-year-old man had a ruptured iliac artery aneurysm. Both patients had a CD4 level below 200 μ/L indicating a low immune status at admission. They were treated by EVAR. Neither patient had any complications in 3 months postoperatively. EVAR may have a role in HIV patients with ruptured abdominal aneurysm together with very low immunity.
Keyphrases
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected patients
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- end stage renal disease
- hiv aids
- hiv testing
- hepatitis c virus
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery
- men who have sex with men
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- subarachnoid hemorrhage