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Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Precocious Giant Pseudoaneurysm of an "Innocent" Ascending Aorta After Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement Redo

^a Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy
^b Department of Pathology, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Santini, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, Verona, 37126, Italy (Email: fsant@yahoo.com).

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Pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta results from transmural disruption of the aortic wall, with the leak contained by surrounding structures. Previous cardiac surgery is the most frequent cause. Mechanisms include infection, poor anastomotic technique, and intrinsic aortic disease.

A 52-year-old man underwent elective replacement of a dysfunctional aortic bioprosthesis implanted 7 years before for bicuspid aortic valve regurgitation. At re-do, the ascending aorta, deemed not significantly dilated (42 . . . [Full Text of this Article]