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World J Cardiol. Jul 26, 2017; 9(7): 629-633
Published online Jul 26, 2017. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i7.629
Endovascular treatment of paravisceral mycotic aneurysm: Chimmeny endovascular sealing the end of de road
Martin Rabellino, Pedro N Moltini, Vanesa G Di Caro, Jose G Chas, Ricardo Marenchino, Ricardo D Garcia-Monaco
Martin Rabellino, Pedro N Moltini, Vanesa G Di Caro, Ricardo D Garcia-Monaco, Department of Interventional Radiology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires 1181, Argentina
Jose G Chas, Ricardo Marenchino, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad autónoma de Buenos Aires 1181, Argentina
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the acquisition of data, writing, and revision of this manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board standards at Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires.
Informed consent statement: The patient involved in this study gave her written informed consent authorizing use and disclosure of her protected health information.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflicts of interests to declare.
Correspondence to: Martin Rabellino, MD, Interventional Radiologist, Department of Interventional Radiology, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, J. Peron 4190, City Autonomous of Buenos Aires 1181, Argentina. Jmrabellino@hotmail.com
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Received: November 8, 2016
Peer-review started: November 10, 2016
First decision: March 7, 2017
Revised: April 19, 2017
Accepted: May 3, 2017
Article in press: May 5, 2017
Published online: July 26, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: The interesting of the case that we present is the resolution of the mycotic aneurysms throw a new techniques calls chimmeny endovascular sealing (Ch-EVAS). This case it would be the first case treated with Ch-EVAS that has been reported since in the bibliographical review that we made we do not find cases of paravisceral abdominal mycotic aneurysms treated with this technology.

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