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Surgical management of postoperative ductal aneurysm: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2017

Alaae Boutayeb*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
Loubna Mahfoudi
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
Said Moughil
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
*
Correspondence to: Dr A. Boutayeb, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, PO Box 6766, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, Morocco. Tel: +212 661552214; Fax: +212 537553002; E-mail: Alaae_b@yahoo.fr

Abstract

We report the case of 24-year-old woman who presented with ductal aneurysm 7 years after a triple ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus. She underwent successful repair through median sternotomy and under moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest and selective cerebral perfusion.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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