title: Ruptured giant aneurysm of the ascending aorta caused by chronic aortic dissection.
abstract: A 55-year-old man developed acute chest pain and dyspnea. Computed tomography demonstrated a rupture of a giant aneurysm of the ascending aorta. The lesion was 14 cm in diameter--the largest ever reported-and resulted from chronic aortic dissection. The patient did not have aortic insufficiency or aortic dissection around the coronary ostium. Graft replacement of the ascending aorta was performed successfully under deep hypothermia with right hemisphere perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryomoto
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: Hiroe
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshiteru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged