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JTCVS Open
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Objective: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) may present as proximal aortic pathology requiring surgical intervention. We present our experience with surgical management of GCA in patients presenting with proximal aortic disease.
Methods: From January 1993 to May 2020, 184 adult patients were diagnosed with GCA on histopathology after undergoing cardiac surgery.
J Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37# Guoxue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Background: Pseudoaneurysm after coarctation of the aorta (CoA) repair is a rare but severe complication. Contributing factors may include infection, hypertension, aortic wall weakness, and turbulent blood flow at the repair site.
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old male presented with recurrent episodes of epistaxis and dizziness was admitted to the emergency department.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Cases
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Background: Takayasu arteritis is a large-vessel vasculitis, in addition to giant cell arteritis. Various post-operative complications associated with the cardiac macrovasculature have been reported. Detachment of the prosthetic valve, pseudoaneurysm formation, and dilatation of the aortic root are well-known post-operative complications associated with vasculitis syndromes, including Takayasu arteritis.
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January 2025
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chandan Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kyobu Geka
November 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
A 68-year-old male with sudden, persistent chest and back pain was referred to our hospital. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scans revealed 56 mm thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA)located from the distal aortic arch to the proximal descending thoracic aorta and Stanford type B acute aortic dissection (AAD) with the patent false lumen distal to the aneurysm. The AAD was not extended within the TAA.
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