• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.213-218
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• 1997

Pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta is potentially fatal. However, reports of such cases are rare even in large series. We report four cases of thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm who underwent surgical repair, The causes were considered as infection in two cases (VSD repair, descending thoracic aortic aneurysm resection) and blunt chest trauma by traffic accident in two patients. The pseudoaneurysms developed on ascending aorta suspected as sites of arterial and cardiolplegic needle insertion in one patient. The others were located at descending thoracic aorta immediatly below the left subclavian artery. One patient died of sepsis associated with bile peritonitis and others were followed up from 10 to 18 months with specific morbidity. This study suggest that the incidence of pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta followed by open heart or aorctic surgery can be repaired succesfuly and careful inspection of associated injury is very important in cases of traumatic thoracic pseudoaneurysm.

• 순환기질환의공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.12a
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• pp.41-42
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.30-30
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.31-31
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.32-32
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.17-22
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• 1997

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.297-301
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• 1981

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1993.06a
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• pp.26-26
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• 1993

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.139-139
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• 1996

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.647-650
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• 2008

Aortic disease usually recurs after aortic surgery in the form a new aneurysm distal to the previous operation site, and finding a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer proximal to the previous operation site has rarely been reported. We report here on a case of successful patch repair of a ruptured penetrating ulcer in the distal aortic arch, and this developed late after replacement of the descending thoracic aorta.