Why the study?
Surgery is the standard treatment for symptomatic and enlarging ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms, prompting demonstration of a percutaneous approach using advanced image-fusion.
Demonstrates the feasibility of percutaneous coil embolization using advanced image-fusion for treating ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms in patients with recent heart surgery.
Objective: Pseudoaneurysms of the ascending aorta usually occur at anastomotic suture lines or cannulation sites. Risk factors include chronic hypertension and aortic calcification. The standard treatment for symptomatic and enlarging pseudoaneurysms is surgery. We demonstrate a percutaneous approach using advanced image-fusion for the treatment of a pseudoaneurysm in a patient with recent heart surgery.
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