A man with an abdominal aortic aneurysm survived thanks to the timely intervention of a multidisciplinary team of surgeons at , Heart and Brain’

On June 17, 2024, a 56-year-old man was admitted to the Vascular Surgery Clinic of ‘Heart and Brain’ Burgas, in an impaired and unstable general condition, with sudden onset of severe abdominal and lower back pain and increased pulsations around the umbilicus. The patient had a known, established history of abdominal aortic aneurysm, as well as a number of co-morbidities such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, and a malignant bladder neoplasm. All these factors make the medical case a challenge of increased difficulty for vascular surgeons and put the patient’s life at risk.

After extensive blood and imaging studies, including an abdominal organ scan, and the primary diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm was confirmed, the patient was prepared for emergency surgery. It involved not only the abdominal aorta but also the overlying renal arteries bilaterally. The multidisciplinary team of surgeons was formed during the peri-procedural preparation – not only to give the patient the best chance of survival, but also to ensure a better quality of life going forward, especially given the young age at which the man was diagnosed with this rare but severe pathology. […]

The full article is available here in Bulgarian.