title: High-risk repair of ascending aortic aneurysm due to giant cell aortitis.
abstract: Giant cell arteritis increases the risk of developing a thoracic aortic aneurysm. Thoracic aortic aneurysm repair in octogenarians carries a profound increase in postoperative morbidity and mortality. We report the successful repair of an ascending aortic aneurysm in an 83-year-old woman with a history of treatment for temporal arteritis and pathologic evidence of giant cell aortitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Silverstein 4, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Pavan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Atluri
authors.forename: Y Joseph
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome