Cor Vasa 2021, 63(3):386-389 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2020.118

(Gigantic aneurysm of the ascending aorta as the coincidental finding by patient with decompensated chronic heart failure)

Kateřina Bažantováa, Kamil Novobílskýa, Vladimír Kaučáka, Viktor Kišb
a Kardiologie, Městská nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava
b Radiologie, Městská nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava

In the case report the case of patient with a very well-known severe systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle is being presented. The same patient has been diagnosed with presence of the gigantic aneurysm of the aorta with signifi cant regurgitation because of show symptoms of heart failure.
Nowadays thanks to well-available imaging methods it is rare to diagnose the gigantic aneurysm of aorta. This disease is also uncommon cause of heart failure.

Keywords: Aneurysm, Ascending aorta, Heart failure

Received: November 16, 2020; Revised: December 16, 2020; Accepted: December 21, 2020; Published: July 20, 2021  Show citation

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Bažantová K, Novobílský K, Kaučák V, Kiš V. (Gigantic aneurysm of the ascending aorta as the coincidental finding by patient with decompensated chronic heart failure). Cor Vasa. 2021;63(3):386-389. doi: 10.33678/cor.2020.118.
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