title: Occurrence of an ascending aorta aneurysm 25 years after cure of a tetralogy of Fallot.
abstract: The patient, who had undergone a complete cure of a tetralogy of Fallot 25 years previously, was discovered to have an ascending aorta aneurysm on echography. Bentall's procedure was carried-out, using a modified indirect coronary artery transplantation based on the Cabrol technique. As reported in the literature complications are mainly right sided and less frequently occur on the left side in this disease. Including the hypothesis of the overload volume which may provoke aortic root dilation, there is also an intrinsic pathology of the media which could often be related to embryogenesis abnormalities, i.e., abnormal migration of cardiac neural crest cells which may explain this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France. nicolas.roux@chu-rouen.fr
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doguet
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Litzler
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tabley
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Adde
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Redonnet
authors.forename: Catherine Nafeh
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Bizet
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouchart
authors.forename: Catherine Haas
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hubscher
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bessou
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists