Surgical exclusion of postsurgical pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta after cardiac surgery is rare in children. We report a case of successful surgical exclusion of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm in a 15-year-old boy. The neck of the aneurysm was in close proximity to the right coronary artery (RCA).

Keywords

• Aortic pseudoaneurysm
• aortic valve replacement
• ascending aorta
• cannulation site
• device
• exclusion
• hypothermia
• pseudoaneurysm
• transcatheter
• ventricular septal defect closure