False aneurysm of aorta secondary to partial occlusion clamp injury: diagnosis by nuclear flow study

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Chest; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.80.3.331· OSTI ID:5309702

Becker, R M; Wexler, J; Frater, R W

A 72-year-old woman presented 12 months postaortic valve replacement with a false aneurysm near the aortic cannulation site. The diagnosis was suspected from clinical findings and confirmed by a nuclear flow study. The patient refused surgery and died shortly afterward. At autopsy, a smooth-walled 1 cm defect adjacent to the cannulation site (presumably related to injury from a partial occlusion clamp) was found; this would have been easily reparable with surgery.

• OSTI ID: 5309702
• Journal Information: Chest; (United States), Vol. 80:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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