title: Surgery for pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta under moderate hypothermia.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta is a rare complication after cardiac surgery. Particularly, pseudoaneurysm due to postoperative infection in the ascending aorta requires surgical treatment with antibiotics. If a large sized pseudoaneurysm is located at the retrosternal space, then there is a very high risk of massive bleeding from rupture during performance of resternotomy. To avoid this risk, we performed femoro-femoral bypass under moderate hypothermia with transient circulatory arrest, and we report here on the successful result of this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Eun
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Dong-Hyup
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery