A radio frequency probe is positioned in a body lumen, and the body lumen
is heated, using the radio frequency probe, to stabilize the body lumen
for insertion of a stent graft or stent. Specifically, the heating
shrinks a diameter the body lumen. In one example, blood is allowed to
flow through the body lumen during the heating, and in another example,
blood flow is blocked through the body lumen during the heating. Another
method inserts a metallic mesh in an aneurysmal sac of an aortic aneurysm
and expanding the metallic mesh to contact a wall of the aneurysmal sac.
The metallic mesh is used to electro-coagulate blood from a Type II
endoleak.