Repair of fungal pseudoaneurysm of the common brachiocephalic trunk.
Rahim HiraniSuguru OhiraRamin MalekanCorazon de la PenaGeorge KleinmanDavid SpielvogelPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
Here we report a case of a fungal pseudoaneurysm of the bovine aortic arch in a patient who had prior history of multiple aortic valve replacement, hepatitis C infection, and human immunodeficiency virus infection. A re-operative replacement of the aortic arch repair utilizing a bifurcated graft was successfully performed under deep hypothermia and selective antegrade cerebral perfusion. Pathological examination demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the CBT. Intraoperative cultures from the aneurysmal wall showed Aspergillus fumigatus DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: we experienced a complex surgical repair of CBT pseudoaneurysm caused by Aspergillus species.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve replacement
- endovascular treatment
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- endothelial cells
- cell wall
- cardiac arrest
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- brain injury
- case report
- patients undergoing
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- heart failure
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- left ventricular
- pluripotent stem cells
- atrial fibrillation
- ejection fraction
- blood brain barrier