| Literature DB >> 16242484 |
Hrvoje Gasparovic1, Luigino Nascimben, David W Kindelberger, John G Byrne.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16242484 DOI： 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.053
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330