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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2024; 13(01): e20-e22
DOI: 10.1055/a-2325-9367
Case Report: Cardiac

Surgery of Neoaortic Pseudoaneurysm with Transsternal Penetration in a HLHS Patient

Armin Peivandi
1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
,
Sven Martens
1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
,
Raluca Weber
2   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
,
Andreas Rukosujew
1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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Abstract

Background Neoaortic pseudoaneurysm after previous surgery is rare and life-threatening.

Case Description We present a case of a 6th redo surgery in a 23-year-old male patient with a history of hypoplastic left heart syndrome presenting with transsternal penetration of aortic pseudoaneurysm. The previously implanted Dacron prosthesis showed semicircular dehiscence. It was exchanged by a Vascutek prosthesis during circulatory arrest and selective antegrade cerebral perfusion.

Conclusion Control imaging at 1 year after surgery was unobtrusive. Three years after surgery, the patient is alive and doing well.

Keywords

aneurysm - reoperation - congenital heart disease - aorta


Publication History

Received: 27 February 2024

Accepted: 22 April 2024

Accepted Manuscript online:
14 May 2024

Article published online:
07 June 2024

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