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Document Details : Title: Traumatic ascending aortic transection with pseudo-aneurysm Author(s): ALBRECHT, Carlos A. , PEPPER, Gregory , FUENTES, Francisco Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Date: April 2003 Pages: 163-164 DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.2.2005271 Abstract : We present a 64-year-old woman who was brought to the emergency department after suffering a motor vehicle accident, involving multiple soft tissue and bone trauma. Even though she was free from cardiovascular symptoms for the last three years, her past medical history of aorto-coronary bypass surgery prompted preoperative consultation.The diagnostic images showed a unique visualization of an ascending aortic traumatic pseudoaneurysm by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiogram as well as with cardiac catheterization. |