TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta 16 years after coronary artery bypass grafting
AU - Tochii, Masato
AU - Takagi, Yasushi
AU - Hoshino, Ryo
AU - Kaneko, Kan
AU - Ishida, Michiko
AU - Higuchi, Yoshiro
AU - Ando, Motomi
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta after cardiac surgery is a rare but life threatening complication, which can result in rupture. Pseudoaneurysms are usually related to the aortic cannulation, the proximal site of graft anastomosis, or the suture line of aortotomy, and often occur after mediastinal infection. We report a case of pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta associated with aortic cannulation and the proximal anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft without an obvious history of mediastinal infection.
AB - Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta after cardiac surgery is a rare but life threatening complication, which can result in rupture. Pseudoaneurysms are usually related to the aortic cannulation, the proximal site of graft anastomosis, or the suture line of aortotomy, and often occur after mediastinal infection. We report a case of pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta associated with aortic cannulation and the proximal anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft without an obvious history of mediastinal infection.
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U2 - 10.5761/atcs.cr.10.01543
DO - 10.5761/atcs.cr.10.01543
M3 - Article
C2 - 21697803
AN - SCOPUS:79959719774
VL - 17
SP - 323
EP - 325
JO - Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
SN - 1341-1098
IS - 3
ER -