Long-term follow-up and resection of a postoperative false aortic aneurysm.
This report describes the course and operative findings in a 66-year-old man with a densely calcified false aneurysm of his ascending aorta 19 years after replacement of a severely stenosed bicuspid aortic valve with a McGovern-Chromie prosthesis. This report emphasizes the need to consider this possibility, even in patients with a very remote prior operation.
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Cardiology Division, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5000.
Wallace
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Baker
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed