title: Idiopathic inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
abstract: Inflammatory aneurysms of the ascending aorta are exceedingly rare. The principal cause of ascending aortic aneurysms remains arteriosclerosis. We present a patient with an ascending aortic aneurysm caused by active inflammatory disease superimposed on complex atherosclerotic disease of the aorta.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gasparovic
authors.forename: Luigino
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nascimben
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kindelberger
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000473:pathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans