OBJECTIVES Behcet's disease is a form of systematic vasculitis that affects vessels of various sizes. Aortic pseudoaneurysm is one of the most important causes of death among patients with Behcet's disease due to its high risk of rupture and associated mortality. Our study aimed to investigate the outcomes of Behcet's disease patients with aortic pseudoaneurysms undergoing open surgery and endo...

rom the Departments of Cardiology, †Radiology, nd ‡Cardiovascular Surgery, ichat Hospital, Paris, rance. anuscript received ugust 24, 2009; ccepted September 9, 2009. A40-year-old-man required, in 2007, the implantation of a stentless valved conduit for destructive aortic endocarditis. In 2009, he presented with dyspnea and a new aortic regurgitation murmur, but no argument for endocarditis. Tr...

We report a very rare case of ascending aortic replacement complicated by acute supravalvular aortic stenosis. A 53-year-old man was referred to our Institution for evaluation of a systolic murmur and congestive heart failure. He had undergone elective ascending aortic replacement one month previously due to acute type A aortic dissection. On admission, transesophageal echocardiography revealed...

A 70-year-old man presented with 6 months' history of progressively severe backache and left frank pain. Past history was significant for an aortobifemoral Dacron bypass graft performed 11 years ago for intermittent claudication attributable to aortoiliac occlusive disease. A contrast computed tomogra-phy (CT) scan showed a slight irregularity around the pararenal aorta without other abnormalit...

We describe concomitant Marfan syndrome and Takayasu's arteritis complicating a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular outflow that developed after aortic root reconstruction. A patient was admitted with a high fever four months after initial root reconstruction that included valve sparing (reimplantation) as well as coronary artery reconstruction using a Carrel's button technique. Computed tom...