title: Uncommon cause of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta.
abstract: Ventricular arrhythmias occur predominantly in patients with structural heart disease. The most common substrate is scarring due to ischemic heart disease. We present an uncommon cause of ventricular tachycardia due to excessive right coronary artery stretch in a patient with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta years after aortic root repair.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christoph Thomas
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Starck
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zientara
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alkadhi
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome