Idhrees M, Karthikeyan, Velayudhan B. A giant ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient with previous aortic valve replacement.
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022;
38:102-104. [PMID:
34898887 PMCID:
PMC8630217 DOI:
10.1007/s12055-021-01246-6]
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Abstract
A 64-year male presented with dyspnoea for 2 months. At age of 40 years, he underwent aortic valve replacement. Presently, his echocardiogram reveals a normal functioning prosthetic valve, moderate left ventricular dysfunction and a large ascending aortic aneurysm. A computer tomography aortogram shows a large ascending aortic aneurysm (maximum diameter: 12.2×13.5cm, length: 11.9cm). He underwent prosthetic valve-sparing aortic root replacement with hemiarch replacement. To our best of knowledge, this is the largest reported ascending aortic aneurysm among the Asian population.
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