Endoluminal treatment of acute aortoiliac thrombosis

A 55-year-old woman presented with an ulcerative stenosis of the distal abd ominal aorta. She was scheduled to undergo percutaneous aortic balloon angi oplasty the next day. Upon readmission, however, she complained of lower ab dominal pain. A second abdominal angiogram revealed thrombosis of the infra renal abdominal aorta and left common iliac artery. This was treated by mea ns of simple transcatheter thrombus aspiration and thrombolysis, followed b y stenting of the aorta. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.