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

Christoph Thomas Starck; Alicja Zientara; Hatem Alkadhi; Volkmar Falk

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1330228

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61(07): 603-605
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330228

Case Report

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

¹Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Alicja Zientara

¹Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Hatem Alkadhi

²Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Volkmar Falk

¹Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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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.

Keywords

arrhythmia - coronary artery imaging - aortic root - cardiac catheterization - computed tomography

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