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[Spontaneous Rupture of the Ascending Aorta;Report of a Case]
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yao Tokushukai General Hospital, Yao, Japan.
Abstract:
A 66-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital on an emergency basis complaining of a sudden onset of chest discomfort. An emergency contrasted computed tomography showed a ruptured the ascending aorta near the right pulmonary artery with a hematoma and notch in the aortic wall. An emergency operation of the graft replacement was performed via standard median sternotomy under the cardiac arrest with aortic clamp. Upon the operation, there was a 1.5 cm rupture site in the central portion of the ascending aorta. There was no specific evidence of aortic aneurysm or dissection, therefore a spontaneous rupture of the ascending aorta was diagnosis. The pathological finding was normal without pathological changes of cystic medial necrosis or atheroma. The postoperative course was uneventful and he was discharged 14 days after surgery.
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