title: Saccular ascending aortic aneurysm arising within localized chronic dissection.
abstract: An asymptomatic saccular ascending aortic aneurysm was diagnosed during workup for renal transplantation in a 39-year-old man. At operation, the aneurysm was noted to arise from within a localized and healed dissection, and was managed by ascending aortic replacement and sinotubular junction refashioning.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital,Brisbane, Australia. drjacobcarter@hotmail.com
authors: Jacob J
authors: JJ
authors: Carter
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Peters
authors: Pallav
authors: P
authors: Shah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome