Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta at the Cannulation Site Diagnosed More Than Four Decades After Repair of Ventricular Septal Defect

Charles S Roberts; Yusuf M Salam; Alastair J Moore; William C Roberts

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.09.023

Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta at the Cannulation Site Diagnosed More Than Four Decades After Repair of Ventricular Septal Defect

Am J Cardiol. 2019 Dec 15;124(12):1962-1965. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.09.023. Epub 2019 Sep 26.

Authors

Charles S Roberts¹, Yusuf M Salam², Alastair J Moore³, William C Roberts⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas; Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas; Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas; Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas; Department of Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas.

PMID: 31699357
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.09.023

Abstract

Described herein is a 69-year-old woman who developed a large saccular aortic aneurysm at a previous cannulation site for repair of a ventricular septal defect at age 25 years. The aneurysm was resected and proved histologically to be a false one. The long interval between operations (44 years) exceeds those reported previously.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Aorta / pathology*
Aorta / surgery
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Computed Tomography Angiography / methods*
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Reoperation / methods
Risk Assessment
Sternotomy / methods
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome