False aneurysm of aorta secondary to partial occlusion clamp injury: diagnosis by nuclear flow study.
A 72-year-old woman presented 12 months postaortic valve replacement with a false aneurysm near the aortic cannulation site. The diagnosis was suspected from clinical findings and confirmed by a nuclear flow study. The patient refused surgery and died shortly afterward. At autopsy, a smooth-walled 1 cm defect adjacent to the cannulation site (presumably related to injury from a partial occlusion clamp) was found; this would have been easily reparable with surgery.
D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003250:Constriction; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D013667:Technetium