A giant ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient with previous aortic valve replacement.
A Mohammed Idhreesnull KarthikeyanBashi VelayudhanPublished in: Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2021)
A 64-year male presented with dyspnoea for 2 months. At age of 40 years, he underwent aortic valve replacement. Presently, his echocardiogram reveals a normal functioning prosthetic valve, moderate left ventricular dysfunction and a large ascending aortic aneurysm. A computer tomography aortogram shows a large ascending aortic aneurysm (maximum diameter: 12.2×13.5cm, length: 11.9cm). He underwent prosthetic valve-sparing aortic root replacement with hemiarch replacement. To our best of knowledge, this is the largest reported ascending aortic aneurysm among the Asian population.
Keyphrases
- aortic aneurysm
- aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary artery
- aortic dissection
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery
- acute myocardial infarction
- mitral valve
- coronary artery disease
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- pulmonary hypertension
- oxidative stress
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- high intensity
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- atrial fibrillation