2 results match your criteria: "University of Rome Sapienza--St. Andrea Hospital[Affiliation]"

Aneurysm of Vieussens' arterial ring in a patient studied with coronary computed tomography.

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)

January 2015

aDepartment of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, University of Rome 'Sapienza' - Polo Pontino, Latina bDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of Rome 'Sapienza' - St Andrea Hospital, Roma, Italy.

We present the case of Vieussens' arterial ring aneurysm in a patient who underwent coronary computed tomography. Vieussens' arterial ring is a remnant of the embryonic conotruncal circle. Only four cases of aneurysm are described in literature.

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Sub-acute intramural haematoma of the ascending aorta.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

November 2010

Department of Radiological Sciences, University of Rome Sapienza--St. Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa, 1035, Rome 00189, Italy.

We report the case of an ascending aorta aneurysm with intramural haematoma (IMH) in a patient with severe hypotension without history of thoracic pain or hypertension. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) demonstrated the presence of subacute IMH and also revealed sacciform aneurysm of the aortic arch. The patient refused hospitalization and one week later he underwent emergency aortic replacement for dissection.

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