title: Operative management of atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve disease.
abstract: An adult patient with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve, an aneurysm, and a calcific atherosclerotic plaque of the ascending aorta, underwent an aortic valve replacement, a vertical reduction aortoplasty, an endarterectomy, and a distal external synthetic wrapping.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey 08003, USA. asolearchyk@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Olearchyk
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged