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A Case of Spontaneous Rupture of the Ascending Aorta
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（Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano Municipal Hospital, Izumisano, Japan）
| Noriyuki Kashiyama |
Yasuhiko Kubota |
Dairoku Nishikawa |
| Hironori Izutani |
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The patient was a 69-year-old man brought to the emergency room with severe chest pain. A contrast chest CT scan revealed a hematoma around the ascending aorta and a notch in the aortic wall, suggesting an intimal tear. An emergency operation was performed via standard median sternotomy under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Upon operation, there was a 2.0cm intimal tear just above the right coronary leaflet, which was extended near the right coronary artery orifice. There was no specific evidence of aortic aneurysm or dissection, therefore a spontaneous rupture of the ascending aorta was diagnosed. The pathological finding was cystic medial necrosis Grade 2. His postoperative course was unremarkable and he was discharged 12 days after surgery.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 39:45-48（2010）
Keywords：spontaneous rupture of aorta, acute aortic dissection
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