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Creation of Two Saccular Elastase-Digested Aneurysms with Different Hemodynamics in One Rabbit
Published on: April 15, 2021
[Aneurysm of the aortic cusp; report of a case]
Shuichi Naraoka1, Satomi Inoue, Tomohiro Nakajima
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido Prefectural Kitami Hospital, Kitami, Japan.
Abstract:
We performed surgical therapy to the rare case of the perforation of an aneurysm of the aortic cusp which had caused the congestive heart failure. 71-year-old man having developed coughing was diagnosed as a severe aortic regurgitation and came to our hospital for surgery. The non coronary cusp was dilated and perforated. The aortic valves were removed and replaced with a bioprosthetic valve. The pathological examination of the valves showed healed infective endocarditis. The patient discharged home uneventfully.
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