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Pseudoaneurysm in a Marfan Patient 16 Years after Bentall Operation

Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, University of Basel, Switzerland

For reprint information contact: Martin TR Grapow, MD Tel: 41 61 265 2525 Fax: 1 530 831 4920 Email: mgrapow@uhbs.ch Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Kantonsspital Basel, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.

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A 60-year old male patient was admitted to our hospital with acute inferior myocardial infarction. The history of the patient revealed a replacement of the ascending aorta and the aortic valve with a composite graft (Bentall operation). This was due to Marfan syndrome with giant aneurysm of the ascending aorta combined with aortic valve insufficiency. Angiography . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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