RT Book, Section A1 Haurani, Mounir J. A2 Dean, Steven M. A2 Satiani, Bhagwan A2 Abraham, William T. SR Print(0) ID 1105290433 T1 THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS: OPEN REPAIR T2 Color Atlas and Synopsis of Vascular Diseases YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Medical PP New York, NY SN 9780071749541 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105290433 RD 2024/03/28 AB A 68-year-old man with hypertension and a history of smoking was 1 week post-op from a right total knee replacement. He presented to the emergency room with acute onset of shortness of breath and right leg swelling. A helical computed tomography (CT) scan of his chest showed a small subsegmental pulmonary embolus (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the right femoral vein. He was incidentally noted to have a 6.7-cm aneurysm of his thoracic aorta that involved the visceral segment (Figure 31-1). Given its size and the involvement of the visceral segment, an open repair was recommended.