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• TITLE: Successful Surgical Treatment of a Giant Mediastinal False Aneurysm 30 Years after Bentall Operation

  AUTHORS: Vincenzo Smorto, Massimo Longo, Paolo Pisi, Marco Meli, Luca Massarenti, Paolo Giovanardi, Guglielmo Stefanelli

  KEYWORDS: Re-Do Aortic Surgery, False Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta, Bentall Operation

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol.6 No.3, March 18, 2016

  ABSTRACT: False aneurysm occurring after replacement of ascending aorta by a vascular prosthesis is a rare, but life-threatening complication. In spite of advances in endovascular techniques, surgery remains the treatment of choice in the majority of cases. We report the case of a huge pseudoaneurysm caused by late dehiscence of the right coronary ostium-aortic tubular graft anastomosis, occurred 30 years after replacement of aortic valve and ascending aorta by classical Bentall operation. A fistula originating from the aneurysmal sac extended across the sternum into the thoracic subcutaneous soft tissues and gave rise to a pulsatile mass well appreciable on the anterior chest wall. The surgical treatment, consisting of partial resection of the aortic tubular graft and sternal reconstruction was effective and uneventful.