Endovascular Repair of Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Presenting With Hemoptysis

An 80-year-old man presented 3  years after a mitral valve replacement for mitral insufficiency with a complaint of worsening hemoptysis during the last 1.5 months. A computed tomography scan (Fig 1) to evaluate for malignant disease demonstrated a 0.8×0.7-cm pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta, probably related to a previou s cannulation site, which was thought to be the cause of his hemoptysis. He was deemed too high risk for open surgical intervention through redo median sternotomy; therefore, an endovascular approach was sought.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Abstract from the 2019 Eastern Vascular Society Annual Meeting Source Type: research