Aortic root pseudoaneurysm: a case report and literature review.

Pravinthiran Manokaran, Sivakumar Krishnasamy, Raja Rizal Azman Bin Raja Aman, Victoria Wen Yeng Teoh, Alexander Loch

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Review in Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

Left Sinus of Valsalva Pseudoaneurysm Causing Left Main Coronary Compression and Sudden Cardiac Arrest.JACC. Case reports · 2026
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Incidentally Detected Pseudoaneurysm of Aortic Root in an Afebrile Patient with Infectious Endocarditis.Journal of cardiovascular echography
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pravinthiran ManokaranDepartment of Cardiology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sivakumar KrishnasamyDepartment of Surgery/Cardiothoracic, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Raja Rizal Azman Bin Raja AmanDepartment of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Victoria Wen Yeng TeohDepartment of Cardiology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Alexander LochDepartment of Medicine/Cardiology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8810-9948

University Malaya Medical Centre · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysms of the aortic root are rare. A case of prosthetic aortic valve infection progressing from a confined intramural abscess to a ruptured abscess communicating with the aorta and forming a large pseudoaneurysm is described. Additionally, data from all cases and case series, published between 2000 and 2021, was analyzed. A PUBMED search for the keywords "aortic root mycotic aneurysm," "aortic root abscess AND infective endocarditis," and "aortic root mycotic aneurysm AND infective endocarditis" yielded 152 publications (with 157 cases described): Aortic pseudoaneurysm is more common in males (80.9%, Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12055-023-01580-x.

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Aortic root abscessAortic root pseudoaneurysmInfective endocarditisProsthetic valve

Identifiers

PMID38125320

DOI10.1007/s12055-023-01580-x

PMCPMC10728390

OpenAlexW4386252083

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