Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta--an incidental finding two decades later.
Traumatic rupture of the aorta following blunt trauma is a well described entity. Rupture of the ascending aorta is frequently associated with concomitant cardiac damage and immediate death with few long-term survivors described in the literature. A case of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta discovered two decades after the initial injury is reported.
Prater
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Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153.
Leya
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McKiernan
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D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001011:Aorta / Q000293:injuries*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*