A 47-year old man presented with a large chest swelling 10 months following aortic and mitral valve replacement. Computed tomography revealed a huge ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm (Fig. 1A and B). After establishing hypothermic circulatory arrest through an axillary-femoral bypass, a median sternotomy was performed. The defects were directly closed using two interrupted, pledgeted 4-0 Prolene ...

We describe the case of a 72-year-old man presenting with endocarditis and clinical signs of acute myocardial ischemia after biological aortic valve replacement. A comprehensive cardiac dynamic multislice spiral computed tomography demonstrated: (1) an endocarditic vegetation of the aortic valve; (2) a subvalvular leakage feeding a paravalvular pseudoaneurysm based on an aortic root abscess wit...

The authors report the case of a 66-year-old male patient diagnosed with a pseudoaneurysm of the distal aorto-aortic anastomosis treated with the inner tubing technique. The patient had been operated on 1 year before when he had an aortic prosthesis implanted as treatment for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The inner tubing technique was developed to facilitate the treatment in bifurcated...

Abstract Background Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (P-MAIVF) is a rare complication infective endocarditis and aortic valve replacement. Ruptured P-MAIVF angina due to compression coronary arteries are severe complications this condition. Case presentation We report case that was diagnosed accidentally during routine checkup. The patient asymptomatic; however, she had...

A 64-year-old man came to the emergency department complaining of dyspnea. He had a history of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm treated by ascending aortic and total arch replacement 2 months before. Because he had had deep vein thrombosis of the femoral vein, pulmonary thromboembolism was suspected, and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the chest was performed. The dose-length produ...

Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the abdominal aorta is a life threatening and a rare condition in aortic injuries. Most lesions are caused by a penetrating injury and may not be detected during the first evaluation. The time interval from initial trauma to appearance of clinical signs and symptoms may range from a few days to many years, and there are only a few reports of delayed presentation. We ...

A 70-year-old female presented with a new systolic murmur and shortness of breath three years after undergoing aortic root replacement using a 27-mm Medtronic Freestyle® stentless full root bioprosthesis (Medtronic, Inc., Fridley, Minnesota, USA). A large complex aortic root pseudoaneurysm was identified on contrasted computed tomography of the chest and transesophageal echocardiogram. We descr...

A 64-year-old man came to the emergency department complaining of dyspnea. He had a history of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm treated by ascending aortic and total arch replacement 2 months before. Because he had had deep vein thrombosis of the femoral vein, pulmonary thromboembolism was suspected, and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the chest was performed. The dose-length produ...

We present 2 rare cases of patients with uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock induced by traumatic ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm rupture into the esophagus. Two men were presented to the hospital after traffic accidents. Their chest radiograph showed no obvious signs of aortic damage or aortic pseudoaneurysms but only a small amount of high-density shadow in the mediastinum and no specific clinical...

BACKGROUND Although mediastinal tumors compressing or invading the superior vena cava represent the major causes of the superior vena cava syndrome, benign processes may also be involved in the pathogenesis of this medical emergency. One of the rarest benign causes is a pseudoaneurysm developing in patients previously having heart surgery. CASE REPORT We present the case of a large pseudoaneu...