Intermittent cyanosis: unusual diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm.
The authors report here an unusual case of an ascending aorta aneurysm diagnosed in the event of a check-up for a dyspnea with cyanosis. The right atrium compression by the aneurysm initiated a right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale.
Grinda
Jean-Michel
JM
Cardiac Surgery Department, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. jean-michelgrinda@egp.ap-hop-paris.fr
Lansac
Emmanuel
E
Berrebi
Alain
A
Deloche
Alain
A
D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged