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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:744
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Images in cardiothoracic surgery

Saccular Aneurysm at the Aortic Isthmus

Sofìa Martìn-Suàrez, MD * , Andrea Dell’Amore, MD, Davide Pacini, MD, Emanuela Angeli, MD, Antonino Loforte, MD, Guido Oppido, MD, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico S. Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

* Address reprint requests to Dr Martìn-Suàrez, Cardiac Surgery Department, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy40138; (Email: docsofi@yahoo.com).

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We present a rare case of an aortic isthmus aneurysm in a 28-year-old female patient with left aortic arch and downward displaced origin of the left subclavian artery. The patient was completely asymptomatic with no detected concomitant pathologies and no reported prior trauma. Laboratory data of either syphilitic or other microbial infections were negative. The aneurysm was accidentally revealed by a chest roentgenogram (. . . [Full Text of this Article]






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