title: [Para-aortic pseudoaneurysm following aortic valve replacement. Its diagnosis by magnetic resonance tomography].
abstract: Para-aortic pseudoaneurysms after prosthetic replacement of an aortic valve was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in two patients and confirmed at surgery. The abscesses had not been visualized in either case by computed tomography and echocardiography, but in one it had been demonstrated by angiography. MRI can thus precisely define site and extent of a para-aortic pseudoaneurysm after aortic valve replacement without any interference by artefact, noninvasively and without use of contrast media.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik III (Kardiologie), Universität zu Köln.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deider
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sechtem
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theissen
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Höpp
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hügel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schicha
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000792:Angiography; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001021:Aortic Valve; D004452:Echocardiography; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Paraaortales Pseudoaneurysma nach Aortenklappenersatz. Diagnose mit Magnetresonanztomographie.