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Transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography (CT) angiography. (A) Transthoracic echocardiography taken at routine follow up 3 months after surgery, parasternal long axis view (*pseudoaneurysm); (B) axial cut of CT angiography (black arrows: the bigger right-sided pseudoaneurysm; *posterior smaller pseudoaneurysm); (C) sagittal cut of CT angiography (black arrows: the bigger right-sided pseudoaneurysm; *posterior smaller pseudoaneurysm); and (D) coronal cut of CT angiography (*the bigger right-sided pseudoaneurysm). The CT images (B-D) were performed 3 months after surgery following the echocardiography. AAO = ascending aorta; LCA = left coronary artery; LV = left ventricle; MPA = main pulmonary artery; RCA = right coronary artery.
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Subsequent computed tomography angiography confirmed the finding of the large pseudoaneurysm in addition to a smaller posterior pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta (Figure 1, Figure 2).
Reconstructed computed tomography image: (A) *neoaortic pseudoaneurysm; (B) main pulmonary artery and branches have been removed from the image to show the anterior aspect of the pseudoaneurysm. A and B are three-dimensional reconstructed images from a previous scan that shows the big pseudoaneurysm at the right side of the aorta. AAO = ascending aorta; MPA = main pulmonary artery.
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Subsequent computed tomography angiography confirmed the finding of the large pseudoaneurysm in addition to a smaller posterior pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta (Figure 1, Figure 2).
Computed tomography angiography. The image was taken 3 years after the repair of the pseudoaneurysm and shows normal findings. AAO = ascending aorta; LCA = left coronary artery; LPA = left pulmonary artery; LV = left ventricle.
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