We report on the rare and successful surgical treatment of a case of spontaneous rupture of the ascending thoracic aorta resulting in a mimicking pseudoaneurysm. A 72-year-old male who had complained of sudden onset of severe chest pain was admitted to our hospital. Initially, acute type A closing aortic dissection was suspected because computed tomography (CT) showed a small ulcer-like project...

Pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon and serious complication of infective endocarditis (IE). It is often fatal because of its rapid progress, high rates of rupture and recurrence, and worsening effects on the systemic condition. We report the rare case of a patient who developed a pseudoaneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva two months after emergency aortic valve replacement for active IE. At the previou...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE The left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVP) is rare, the surgical experience is limited and its surgical treatment remains still a challenge with an elevated mortality. Herein, it is presented a retrospective analysis of our experience with acquired post infarct LVP over a10-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2006 through August 2016, a total of 13 pat...

BACKGROUND Prosthetic valve detachment after aortic valve replacement and pseudoaneurysm formation are the most important postoperative complications in patients with Takayasu arteritis with aortic regurgitation. We reviewed our experience of surgical treatment of aortic regurgitation in patients with Takayasu disease. METHODS Between November 1997 and September 2011, 11 patients (4 women and...

The need for a new surgical procedure for correction of postoperative pseudoaneurysm of aortic coarctation makes the procedure especially challenging for the surgeon.ta abstract.

Introduction. Behçet's disease (BD) is a form of vasculitis of unknown etiology which is rare in our environment. It is characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations and usually affects young adults. Recurrent oral and genital ulcers are a characteristic and extremely frequent symptom, but mortality is linked with more significant symptoms such as aortic pseudoaneurysm, pulmonary pseudo...

A 35-year-old woman with a history of disseminated thoracic echinococcosis treated by resection of an intraventricular septal cyst 11 years earlier in her country of origin presented for the first time to our cardiology outpatient clinic with atypical chest pain and shortness of breath. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed multiple masses in the pericardium (Figure 1); chest x-ray showed wid...

Aortobronchial fistula (ABF) induced by an infected pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta is a life-threatening condition. As surgical treatment associated with significant mortality and morbidity, endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) may be alternative for ABF. However, long-term durability this intervention largely unknown recurrence ABF potential complication. We experienced case recurrent af...

A 30-year-old male presented to our emergency department with recurrent episodes of syncope for one day. Pulse was feeble with a rate of 200 per minute and systolic blood pressure was 80 mm Hg. Electrocardiogram (Fig. 1) showed a monomor-phic ventricular tachycardia originating from the left ventricu-lar outflow tract (LVOT) region (Fig. 1A). Emergency 200 J synchronized defibrillator shock was...