Idiopathic inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
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.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortitis