title: Dacron Patch Aortoplasty of Thoracic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm due to Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with severe diffuse peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and gastrointestinal bleeding with a pseudoaneurysm of descending thoracic aorta who underwent successful Dacron patch aortoplasty. She was not a candidate for stent-graft repair because of poor access. Using a partial occluding clamp, the pseudoaneurysm was excised and the aorta repaired with a 3.5-cm Dacron patch. She was discharged home in 7 days and has successfully undergone stenting of the left subclavian artery and right and left carotid endarterectomy.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, and †Evanston Northwestern Hospital, Evanston, IL.
authors.forename: Saqib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masroor
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Alexander