Giant Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta Requiring Emergency Repair in a Newborn Baby.

Autor: Tireli E; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Polat TB; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Oztas DM; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey., Mamur Y; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Omeroglu RE; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey., Ugurlucan M; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: muratugurlucan@yahoo.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2019 Feb; Vol. 107 (2), pp. e107-e109. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Aug 14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.06.067
Abstrakt: Congenital aneurysm of the ascending aorta is a rare cardiovascular pathology and usually associated with well-known connective tissue disorders. We present an idiopathic ascending aortic aneurysm extending to the aortic arch in an antenatally diagnosed newborn who required immediate surgical treatment due to the rapid progression of aneurysm size at the age of 1 day.
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Databáze: MEDLINE