Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
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Aortic dissection usually result in chest pain and back pain. This patient is a 58 year-old man who received aortic valve replacement for aortic regurgitation 10 years ago. ⋯ He underwent modified Carbrol's operation under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and circulation arrest on May 8, 1995. Dissecting aneurysm in the late term after aortic valve replacement is rare, and for it to result in superior vena cava syndrome is especially rare.