• Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Jan 2017

    Case Reports

    Pseudoaneurysm fistulized into pulmonary artery 13 years after aortic surgery.

    • Mirko Muretti, Francesco Massi, Enrico Coradduzza, and Michele Portoghese.
    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Santissima Annunziata Hospital, Sassari, Italy.
    • Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Jan 1; 25 (1): 52-54.

    AbstractPseudoaneurysm formation some years after aortic root or ascending aorta surgery, complicated by fistula formation through a branch of the pulmonary artery, is a rare condition described only in case reports. We describe a case of this rare complication in a 58-year-old man, which occurred 13 years after aortic surgery and was characterized by a huge pseudoaneurysm of 70 mm that fistulized into the right pulmonary artery, causing a life-threatening situation.

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