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Inflammatory Aneurysms of the Ascending Aorta: Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment
Author(s) -
Pagni Sebastian,
Ganzel Brian L.,
Williams Mathew,
Slater A. David,
Trivedi Jaimin R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01335.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ascending aorta , aorta , aortic aneurysm , abdominal aorta , aneurysm , radiology , surgery
A bstract Inflammatory aortic aneurysms (IAAs) are rare and located mainly in the infra‐renal abdominal aorta. The ascending aorta has been typically spared from this process. We report on two cases of ascending aortic inflammatory aneurysms and describe the available literature on this rare entity. (J Card Surg 2012;27:70‐74)