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Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after reimplantation procedure

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Postoperative left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare, but potentially lethal, complication because of the high risk of rupture and high mortality of repair. We report a 64-year-old man with Marfan syndrome who underwent the reimplantation valve-sparing aortic root replacement complicated by a postoperative left ventricular pseudoaneurysm that required urgent repair. Careful handling of the aortic root is required to avoid a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, particularly in patients with connective tissue disorder.

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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University, 3-25-8 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan

    Takahiro Inoue, Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Yoshimasa Sakamoto, Michio Yoshitake, Yoko Matsumura, Hiroo Kinami & Tomomitsu Takagi

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Inoue, T., Hashimoto, K., Sakamoto, Y. et al. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after reimplantation procedure. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 64, 224–226 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-014-0432-8

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