Document Type
Article
Department
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Abstract
In reoperation for an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm eroding through the sternum, a left ventricular vent allows careful unhurried sternal division under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. We repaired ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms in 2 patients who had undergone aortic valve implantation 6 and 21 months earlier. A minithoracotomy was made in the left 5th intercostal space, and a vent was placed in the left ventricular apex. Repair was accomplished with a bovine pericardial patch reinforced with a Teflon felt strip. Both patients made an uneventful recovery with good functional status at discharge at the 8- and 18-month follow-up.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
Recommended Citation
Hasan, S. B.,
khan, f. W.,
Hashmi, S.,
Tariq, M.,
Khan, G.
(2019). Repair of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm eroding through the sternum. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 27(1), 36-38.
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