1 of 2 DESCRIPTION Rupture of mitral-aortic intervalvular fi brosa aneurysm is a rare complication of aortic valve endocarditis. 1 A 43-yearold man presented with persistent fever and progressive dyspnoea of 3 months duration. On admission, he was in fl orid pulmonary oedema and clinical examination showed fi ndings of severe aortic regurgitation. His electrocardiogram revealed complete heart b...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is a relation between aortic diameter and morbidity and mortality in men screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Highland and Western Isles (a large, sparsely populated area of Scotland). PARTICIPANTS 8146 men aged 65-74. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Morbidity and mortality in relation to presence of abdominal aortic...

Treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms constitutes high mortality and morbidity rates despite improvements in surgery, anesthesia, and technology. Endovascular stent grafting may be an alternative therapy with lower risks when compared with conventional techniques. However, sometimes the branches of the aortic arch may require transport to the proximal segments prior to successful thoracic aort...

BACKGROUND The natural history of thoracic aortic aneurysm is incompletely understood. Over the last 10 years, at Yale University we have maintained a large computerized database of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. Analysis of this database has permitted insight into fundamental issues of natural behavior of the aorta and development of criteria for surgical intervention...

OBJECTIVE The risk of stroke caused by dislodgment of loose atheromatous plaque or mural emboli is increased by cross-clamping of the aorta. Some patients undergo descending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair with proximal aortic cross-clamping between the left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of proximal aortic cross-...

We present a case of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in a 76-year-old Saudi male presenting with hoarseness of voice caused by thoracic aortic aneurysm. Here, we are illustrating a rare entity of thoracic aortic aneurysm presenting only with hoarseness of voice to draw attention to unusual clinical manifestations of this serious underlying aortic pathology.

A patient with a dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm presented with acute low output cardiac failure due to right atrial obstruction. Five years earlier she had had her aortic valve replaced because of aortic regurgitation. Obstruction of the superior vena cava and pulmonary artery has been reported elsewhere as a complication of compression by thoracic aortic dissecting aneurysm. This case was...

Aortic valve sparing operations were developed to preserve the native aortic valve during surgery for aortic root aneurysm as well as surgery for ascending aortic aneurysms with associated aortic insufficiency. There are basically two types of aortic valve sparing oprations: remodeling of the aortic root and reimplantation of the aortic valve. These operations have been performed for over two d...

Aortic dissection is a longitudinal cleavage of the aortic media created by a dissecting column of blood. The term “dissecting aortic aneurysm” has been inaccurately applied to this entity since 1819, when Laënnec first used the term aneurysme dissequant. The term aortic dissection is preferred to dissecting aortic aneurysm because the affected aorta is only rarely aneurysmal. In 1955, DeBakey ...

This study aims to review contemporary lines of endovasular management Aortic aneurysm in bechet’s disease illustrating the pros and cons each treatment modality. is a retrospective cohort all consecutive aneurysms patients diagnosed treated between 2018-2021. The aim this evaluate efficacy &outcome endovascular stent graft implantation for Bechet’s disease. From feb 2018 august 2021, 11 we...