Development of neoaortic pseudoaneurysm after arterial switch operation.

J Saudi Heart Assoc

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Saud bin Abduaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, aSaudi Arabia.

Published: July 2016

We report a case of a 46-day-old boy who was diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries and underwent arterial switch operation. A large neoaortic pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed on the first postoperative follow up. Successful repair of the aneurysm was done and at the 3-year follow up, the child's clinical and imaging findings remain normal.

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