Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61(07): 603-605
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330228
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Uncommon Cause of Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with a Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta

Christoph Thomas Starck
1   Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Alicja Zientara
1   Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Hatem Alkadhi
2   Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Volkmar Falk
1   Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Publikationsverlauf

22. August 2012

30. August 2012

Publikationsdatum:
04. Dezember 2012 (online)

Abstract

Ventricular arrhythmias occur predominantly in patients with structural heart disease. The most common substrate is scarring due to ischemic heart disease. We present an uncommon cause of ventricular tachycardia due to excessive right coronary artery stretch in a patient with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta years after aortic root repair.

 
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