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Saccular aneurysm on the ascending aorta after cardiac surgery
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A 72 year old man was referred to our hospital for surgical treatment of an aneurysm on the ascending aorta. Eleven years previously he had undergone a mechanical aortic valve replacement because of severe rheumatic aortic stenosis. The ascending aorta diameter was reported as normal at …