title: Intermittent cyanosis: unusual diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. jean-michelgrinda@egp.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grinda
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lansac
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berrebi
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deloche
mesh_terms: 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