Surgical exclusion of postsurgical pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

• Main Authors: Ramachandra Barik (Author), Amar Narayana Patnaik (Author), Ravintula Venkata Kumar (Author), Rudra Prasad Mohapatra (Author), Vikas Medep (Author), Lalita Nemani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta after cardiac surgery is rare in children. We report a case of successful surgical exclusion of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm in a 15-year-old boy. The neck of the aneurysm was in close proximity to the right coronary artery (RCA).