title: Pseudoaneurysm of the descending aorta complicating an untreated aortic coarctation.
abstract: A 22-year-old man was referred for severe aortic coarctation. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography confirmed the aortic coarctation diagnosis and showed an aortic pseudoaneurysm arising from the anterior and left surface of the descending aorta, communicating with the aortic lumen with a small neck. Under cardiopulmonary bypass through the femoral vessels, the patient underwent closure of the pseudoaneurysm neck using a synthetic patch and interposition of a prosthetic graft between the left subclavian artery and the descending aorta below the pseudoaneurysm. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania. Electronic address: edvinprifti@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Edvin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prifti
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Saimir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuci
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Klodian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krakulli
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Edmond
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nuellari
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult