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Case Reports
. 2018 Feb;32(1):550-557.
doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.08.042. Epub 2017 Aug 26.

A Tale of Three Surgeries: Management of a Massive Recurrent Mycotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm

Megan D Henley  1 , Mark A Farber  2 , John S Ikonomidis  3 , Lavinia M Kolarczyk  4 , Emily G Teeter  4 , Brian P Barrick  4 , Thomas G Caranasos  3 , Susan M Martinelli  4
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A Tale of Three Surgeries: Management of a Massive Recurrent Mycotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm

Megan D Henley et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Aneurysm; Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm; Echocardiography; False mycotic pseudoaneurysm; Transesophageal septal occluder device.

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Fig 1
Fig 1
Preoperative computed tomography angiogram demonstrating a 4.5×3.2 cm aortic pseudoaneurysm effacing the right lateral wall of the main pulmonary artery and with presternal and periaortic fluid collections consistent with mediastinitis.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Midesophageal ascending aorta long-axis view with color-flow Doppler. Flow is visualized from the ascending aorta into the pseudoaneurysm sac.
Fig 3
Fig 3
Upper esophageal aortic arch short-axis view. The pseudoaneurysm sac can be seen compressing the main PA just proximal to the pulmonic valve. PA, pulmonary artery.
Fig 4
Fig 4
Three-dimensional full-volume midesophageal aortic valve long-axis view. The neck and sac of the pseudoaneurysm can be visualized coming off the ascending aorta.
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