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Proximal ulnar artery aneurysm following a Bentall procedure for type A aortic dissection
Author(s) -
Rajakumar Anjith Prakash,
Saravanan Sundararaj,
Kalidoss Latchumanadhas,
Rajan Sethuratnam
Publication year - 2016
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/jocs.12856
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , aneurysm , surgery , ulnar artery , bentall procedure , aortic dissection , aortic aneurysm , radiology , artery , aorta , radial artery
Non‐traumatic or infective peripheral aneurysms of the upper extremities are rare. We report a case of an aneurysm involving the left proximal ulnar artery leading to upper limb ischemia in a patient following a Bentall procedure for a type A dissection.