title: Proximal ulnar artery aneurysm following a Bentall procedure for type A aortic dissection.
abstract: Non-traumatic or infective peripheral aneurysms of the upper extremities are rare. We report a case of an aneurysm involving the left proximal ulnar artery leading to upper limb ischemia in a patient following a Bentall procedure for a type A dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Anjith Prakash
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rajakumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sundararaj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saravanan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Latchumanadhas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kalidoss
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sethuratnam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*