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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:299
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Ruptured ascending aorta aneurysm presenting as pulmonary embolism

^a Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque et Vasculaire, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévèque, 4, Ave de Magellan, 33604 Pessac Cedex, France
^b SAMU 33, Hôpital Pellegrin, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33000 Bordeaux, France

Received 27 January 2003; received in revised form 11 April 2003; accepted 11 April 2003.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +33-5-57656437; fax: +33-5-57656157
e-mail: emmanuel.choukroun@wanadoo.fr

Key Words: Ascending aorta • Aneurysm • Rupture

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A 78-year-old man was admitted with thoracic pain and hemoptysis. Computed topography scan was performed showing an ascending aorta bleed tracking . . . [Full Text of this Article]