Published 2014 | Version v1
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Surgical exclusion of postsurgical pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

Creators

  • 1. Department of Cardiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India)
  • 2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India)

Description

Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta after cardiac surgery is rare in children. We report a case of successful surgical exclusion of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm in a 15-year-old boy. The neck of the aneurysm was in close proximity to the right coronary artery (RCA)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.132490; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070204

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Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070204;
DOI
10.4103/0974-2069.132490;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Annals of pediatric cardiology
Journal Volume
7
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 135-137
ISSN
0974-2069

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46050061
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
AORTA; CHILDREN; CORONARIES; EQUIPMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; NECK; SURGERY
Descriptors DEC
AGE GROUPS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; ORGANS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES

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Notes
PMCID: PMC4070204; PMID: 24987261; PUBLISHER-ID: APC-7-135; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4070204; Copyright: (c) Annals of Pediatric Cardiology; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.