Seudoaneurisma como complicación de la reconstrucción de aorta ascendente mediante injerto valvulado: dehiscencia perianular simulando una insuficiencia aórtica severa

Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta: Post-operative complication

“…Surgery of the ascending aorta (AA), with the use of tubular prostheses (with the Bentall-De Bono technique since the seventies), has been an alternative for patients with disorders such as annuloaortic ectasia and type A aortic dissection, associated or not with Marfan syndrome. However, it is a procedure with high mortality risks, mainly attributed to late complications, both inherent to the technique and secondary to the procedure (infections or due to diseases of the primitive aorta connective tissue), especially at points where prostheses are connected 1 .…”