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8184397

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
A 57-year-old Japanese man presented with symptoms of congestive heart failure 9 years after aortic valve replacement. On auscultation, a continuous murmur was heard at the left lower sternal border. Chest radiograph showed moderate cardiomegaly and a widened upper mediastinum. Computed tomographic scans showed a dilated ascending aorta, in which there was no intimal flap, and also showed a large mass which compressed the right atrium. Two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography revealed abnormal continuous blood flow directed from the dilated ascending aorta to the right atrium and no periprosthetic leak. At operation, a false aneurysm of the ascending aorta which originated from the aortotomy suture line and a fistula from the aorta to the right atrium were confirmed. The fistula was closed with pledgeted sutures, and the ascending aorta was replaced with a collagen-coated double woven velour dacron graft. The patient recovered uneventfully. Computed tomographic scan and two-dimensional echocardiography are complementary techniques for reliable non-invasive assessment of the complexity of an aortic aneurysm.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0171-6425
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
58-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
False aneurysm of the ascending aorta with fistula to the right atrium. Noninvasive diagnosis by computed tomographic scan and two-dimensional echocardiography with successful repair.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports