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Stapling as a method of closure of ductus arteriosus aneurysm in the adult

^a State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA
^b Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
^c Department of Cardiac Surgery, Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, SC, USA

*Corresponding author. Address: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY, USA. Tel.: + 716 859-2249 Fax: + 716 859-2885. E-mail address: TZLajos007{at}Aol.com (T.Z. Lajos).

The purpose of this paper is to describe the preoperative diagnosis and the surgical treatment of a symptomatic ductus arteriousus aneurysm in a 65-year-old adult. The diagnosis was made by CT scan of the chest and confirmed by aortic angiography. The aneurysm was stapled and resected uneventfully through a left posteralateral thoracotomy. Early diagnosis and treatment methods were reviewed in the literature; and simple operative interventions were recommended for the future.

Key Words: Ductus arterious aneurysm in the adult; Treatment: aneurysmorrhaphy