Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Ben Jmaa Hela

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• Case Report
  Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Complicated by a Tracheal Compression: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
  Author(s): Ben Jmaa Hela*, Ghorbel Nesrine, Cherif Taieb, Hentati Abdessalem, Dammak Aiman, Dhouib Faten, Souissi Iheb, Masmoudi Sayda, Elleuch Nizar and Frikha Imed Ben Jmaa Hela*, Ghorbel Nesrine, Cherif Taieb, Hentati Abdessalem, Dammak Aiman, Dhouib Faten, Souissi Iheb, Masmoudi Sayda, Elleuch Nizar and Frikha Imed
  
  We present an uncommon case report of a giant ascending aortic aneurysm with a maximal diameter of 13.97 cm, in a previously asymptomatic and healthy 77 year old female patient, presenting with sudden dyspnea. The patient underwent an emergent surgical repair by a Bentall operation under circulatory arrest. But she died in the postoperative period with multi-organ impairment. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000418

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