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University of Milan

Endovascular treatment of hepatic artery aneurysm effective in EDS patient

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, March 9th, 2005

Successful endovascular treatment of a hepatic artery aneurysm in an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) patient has been reported.

EDS "is a rare, variably inherited disorder affecting connective tissue," vascular surgeons in Italy explained. "Patients with EDS often develop aneurysms of the thoracic and abdominal aorta as well as the visceral arteries."

In the journal International Angiology, R. Casana and coauthors at the University of Milan described their "experience with an elective endovascular exclusion of an hepatic artery aneurysm in a 26-year-old female patient with EDS type IV."

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