Editorial Type: Images in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Publication Date: 01 Aug 2016

Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm: Sleeping Giant Arises in 3rd Decade after Surgery

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Article Category: Research Article
Page Range: 374 – 375
DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-14-4875
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Copyright: © 2016 by the Texas Heart® Institute, Houston 2016
Fig. 1
Fig. 1

Transthoracic echocardiogram (parasternal long-axis view) shows a large pseudoaneurysm (PsA) arising from the aorta and lined by intramural thrombus (arrowheads). The pseudoaneurysm compresses both ventricular cavities. The arrow points to the mitral valve.

Ao = aorta; LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; RV = right ventricle

Fig. 2
Fig. 2

Computed tomogram of the chest (cross-sectional view) shows a large, narrow-necked pseudoaneurysm (arrow) arising from the ascending aorta and lined circumferentially by intramural thrombus.

Fig. 3
Fig. 3

Contrast-enhanced computed tomograms (3-dimensional reconstruction) show a large pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta in A) coronal and B) sagittal views.

AscAo = ascending aorta; PsA = pseudoaneurysm

Contributor Notes

Section Editor: Raymond F. Stainback, MD, Department of Adult Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, 6624 Fannin St., Suite 2480, Houston, TX 77030

From: Department of Cardiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois 61605

Address for reprints: Ashim Aggarwal, MD, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL, 61637, E-mail: ashim14@gmail.com
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