| Complementary role of cardiac computed tomography and Doppler-echocardiography in the evaluation of an uncommon case of giant pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta complicated by fistula to the pulmonary artery. | |
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PMID: 20407386 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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This report describes the case of previous type-A aortic dissection treated with the placement of a termino-terminal prosthesis, which developed a large peri-prosthetic pseudoaneurysmatic sac, detected by CT, performed 2 years after the surgery. This raised the suspicion of a communication between the pseudoaneurysmatic sac and the aortic lumen, but was not able to show it directly. Transthoracic echocardiography confirmed the presence of the fistula, showing a systo-diastolic color Doppler jet signal connecting these two structures.The complementary role of these two diagnostic techniques allowed a complete evaluation of this complex pathology. |
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Daniele Andreini; Gianluca Pontone; Alberto Formenti; Mauro Agnifili; Saima Mushtaq; Mauro Pepi |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) Volume: 12 ISSN: 1558-2035 ISO Abbreviation: J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-02-02 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101259752 Medline TA: J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 173-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy. |
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