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Chronic, traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta
F C Albuquerque1, M J Krasna, J S McLaughlin
1Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
Rupture of the ascending aorta is lethal in virtually all cases. In the recent literature, fewer than 9 cases of chronic, traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta have been documented. Reported herein is such a case, discovered incidentally and repaired successfully under cardiopulmonary bypass using a graft prosthesis. Aortogram remains the diagnostic method of choice in these patients.