Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta 31 years after mitral valve replacement
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hiroshi Kurazumi; Shigeru Ikenaga; Tomoaki Kudo; Ryo Suzuki; Akihito Mikamo; Kimikazu Hamano
- Source
- Asian cardiovascularthoracic annals. 22(3)
- Subject
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male
Reoperation
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
medicine.medical_treatment
Prosthesis Design
Aortography
Aortic aneurysm
Pseudoaneurysm
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Aneurysm
Mitral valve
medicine.artery
Rare case
Ascending aorta
Medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Aortic pseudoaneurysm
Aged
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
business.industry
Mitral valve replacement
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Aortic Aneurysm
medicine.anatomical_structure
Treatment Outcome
Heart Valve Prosthesis
cardiovascular system
Mitral Valve
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Aneurysm, False
- Language
- ISSN
- 1816-5370
We describe a rare case of an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm 31 years after mitral valve replacement with a Björk-Shiley mechanical valve. The aneurysm presumably expanded gradually during the years following surgery. As the valve was functioning normally, it was left in situ while the ascending aorta was replaced. This report provides valuable information regarding the long-term nature of this patient’s pseudoaneurysm, and the long-term durability of the Björk-Shiley spherical valve in the mitral position.