Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

2002

Background — The purpose of the present study was to systematically analyze the histopathologic organization processes in excluded aneurysms after endovascular stenting and to develop a noninvasive monitoring method for these processes using MRI. Methods and Results — In 36 mongrel dogs, autologous aortic aneurysms were created. Endovascular treatment was performed using covered stents. Follow-up was after 1 week, 6 weeks, and 6 months. MRI was performed with T 2 -weighted turbo-spin-echo sequences and T 1 -weighted spin-echo sequences and was repeated after contrast bolus with gadolinium. Histopathologic findings were correlated to signal intensities (SIs) of MRI images. SIs of distinct a…