title: Treatment of a pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta in association with aortopulmonary fistula following acute Type A dissection.
abstract: This report describes a rare case of aortic pseudoaneurysm with an aortopulmonary fistula in a 69-year-old woman two years following repair of a Type A aortic dissection. The patient presented with NYHA Class IV symptoms having deteriorated rapidly over a course of six weeks. We describe our successful surgical repair following a failed attempt of percutaneous closure with an atrial septal occlusion device.
authors.affiliation: 1 Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimos
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karangelis
authors.affiliation: 2 Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.affiliation: 1 Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dimarakis
authors.affiliation: 1 Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roubelakis
authors.affiliation: 1 Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Socrates
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fragoulis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: aortopulmonary fistula; cardiac imaging; cardiac surgery; dissection repair complications; pseudoaneurysm