Successful surgical treatment of a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta in an infant after hypoplastic left heart complex repair.
We describe a successfully treated pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta in a 2-month-old infant after a previous operation due to hypoplastic left heart complex. After a rapidly progressing respiratory tract obstruction as a first symptom, echocardiography revealed a huge aneurysmal formation originating from the anterior and right lateral wall of the ascending aorta. A patch aortoplasty was employed.
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Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 265 Wielicka St, 30-663 Kraków, Poland.
Mroczek
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Górecki
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Kordon
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male