Surgical treatment of thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by Brucella melitensis

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Case Report

Xiang-Yang Qian¹  Jing Sun¹  Hong-Wei Guo¹  Yang-Xue Sun¹ 

[1]Department of Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167# Beilishi Road, 100037, Beijing, China

关键词: Thoracic aorta;    Pseudoaneurysm;    Brucella melitensis;    Surgical procedure;    Relapse;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13019-023-02171-y

 received in 2022-09-20, accepted in 2023-01-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by Brucella melitensis is extremely rare with extremely few cases reported to date. Herein, we present the case of a 65 year-old man with a huge pseudoaneurysm of the proximal descending thoracic aorta, involving the left subclavian artery and distal arch. Surgery was performed to replace the proximal descending aorta with a self-made bovine pericardial duct and the left subclavian artery with a 10 mm artificial vessel under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; the patient recovered uneventfully. However, continued follow-up is required for long-term results.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2023

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