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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:1281-1284. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.053
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Successful Exclusion of Large Post-Surgical Pseudoaneurysms of the Ascending Aorta by a Percutaneous Approach

Bhava R.J. Kannan, MDa, Ajay K. Jain, MRCPb, Shakeel A. Qureshi, MD, FRCPa,*, Martin T. Rothman, FRCP, FESCb, Eric Rosenthal, MD, FRCPa, Anthony Mathur, PhD, MRCPb

a Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
b Department of Cardiology, London Chest Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication July 11, 2008.

* Address correspondence to Dr Qureshi, Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Westminster Bridge Rd, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom (Email: shakeel.qureshi{at}gstt.nhs.uk).

Two patients, aged 60 and 63 years, presented with a pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta arising from the cannulation site or suture line after previous cardiac surgery. Successful exclusion of the aneurysm was performed in both patients percutaneously using Amplatzer muscular ventricular septal defect occluders.




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