Giant retrosternal pseudo-aneurysm of the ascending aorta late after pericardiectomy

Aortic Pseudo aneurysm 3 Years after Interposition Tube Graft for Acute Dissection of Ascending Aorta

Introduction: Patients with primary acute aortic dissection are at higher risk of complications, including increasing aortic aneurysm diameter, aortic rupture, aortic pseudo aneurysm, and recurrent aortic dissection. Case presentation We presented the case of a recurrent pseudo aneurysm and rupture of the aorta in the distal a...

Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta

Between January 1983 and March 1988 25 patients with aneurysms of the ascending aorta were operated, out of these only 15 (56%) electively. Acute incompetence (10) were the main indications for operation. Poststenotic aneurysms (2), mycotic (2) and saccular sclerotic (1) aneurysms have also been observed. A rare case of a ruptured ascending aorta due to histologically and serologically proven B...

Aneurysm of the ascending aorta after cardiac transplantation.

We report the case of a 57-year-old female cardiac transplant patient in whom an aneurysm of the recipient side of the ascending aorta developed 1 year after transplantation. Although a mycotic origin was the likely cause, histologic examination diagnosed an atherosclerotic aneurysm.

Giant pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta after double-valve replacement.

A 47-year old man presented with a large chest swelling 10 months following aortic and mitral valve replacement. Computed tomography revealed a huge ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm (Fig. 1A and B). After establishing hypothermic circulatory arrest through an axillary-femoral bypass, a median sternotomy was performed. The defects were directly closed using two interrupted, pledgeted 4-0 Prolene ...

Asymptomatic giant pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta after Bentall procedure