Atypical presentation and percutaneous repair of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm: a case report

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Background

Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms (AAPs) are an unusual complication of cardiac or aortic surgery and are associated with a high risk of complications and mortality. Guidelines recommend surgical repair. There is few data concerning percutaneous occlusion of AAP. We present a case of syncope due to vascular and heart chamber compression by a large post-surgical AAP that was filled through a focal leak. Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm was successfully occluded percutaneously.

Case summary

A 66-year-old man with a mechanical aortic prosthesis and a Dacron tube in the ascending aorta presented with syncope due to compression of the right atrium and superior vena cava by a large peritube collection. A computed tomography angiography (CTA) showed a large AAP

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10482143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature