Surgical management of a ruptured pseudoaneurysm late after total arch replacement with omentoplasty.

Aortic pseudoaneurysm is a rare, life-threatening complication after cardiac or aortic surgery. In this article, we report reoperation on an 86-year-old man undergoing total arch replacement and omentoplasty for an infectious aortic aneurysm, 5 years previously. He was transferred to our hospital and fell into shock.