Idiopathic inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.

Gasparovic, Hrvoje; Nascimben, Luigino; Kindelberger, David W; Byrne, John G · Ann Thorac Surg · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Inflammatory aneurysms of the ascending aorta are exceedingly rare. The principal cause of ascending aortic aneurysms remains arteriosclerosis. We present a patient with an ascending aortic aneurysm caused by active inflammatory disease superimposed on complex atherosclerotic disease of the aorta.

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