title: Rupture of a thoracic aortic aneurysm after prosthetic bypass from the ascending aorta to the descending aorta in a case of congenital aortic arch hypoplasia.
abstract: An unusual case of a successfully operated ruptured thoracic aneurysm of the aorta with bleeding into the atelectatic pulmonary left lower lobe and acute occlusion of the prosthesis in a 28-year-old woman is reported. The underlying disease was congenital aortic arch hypoplasia still present following implantation of a prosthetic bypass from the ascending aorta to the descending aorta performed in 1963.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Hartung
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: de Vivie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hasse
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rahlf
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rupprath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation