Uncommon cause of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

Christoph Thomas Starck; Alicja Zientara; Hatem Alkadhi; Volkmar Falk

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1330228

Uncommon cause of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Oct;61(7):603-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330228. Epub 2012 Dec 4.

Authors

Christoph Thomas Starck¹, Alicja Zientara, Hatem Alkadhi, Volkmar Falk

Affiliation

¹ Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 23212159
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330228

Abstract

Ventricular arrhythmias occur predominantly in patients with structural heart disease. The most common substrate is scarring due to ischemic heart disease. We present an uncommon cause of ventricular tachycardia due to excessive right coronary artery stretch in a patient with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta years after aortic root repair.

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, False / complications*
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm / complications*
Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Stenosis / complications*
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Stenosis / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome