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Surgical management of postoperative ductal aneurysm: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2017

Alaae Boutayeb ,
Loubna Mahfoudi  and
Said Moughil
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
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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.

Keywords

Postoperative ductal aneurysmligation of patent ductus arteriosusselective cerebral perfusioncirculatory arrestaxillary artery cannulation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 7 , September 2017 , pp. 1416 - 1418
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© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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