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Endovascular repair of an internal mammary artery aneurysm in a patient with SMAD-3 mutation.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Aug 2015
Burke Chris, Shalhub Sherene, Starnes Benjamin W
Abstract excerpt
Aneurysms of the internal mammary artery are rare. We describe a case of a 49-year-old woman with a SMAD3 mutation who presented with left internal mammary artery aneurysm that was thought to have ruptured, causing a large spontaneous left mediastinal hematoma. The aneurysm was treated successfully months after initial presentation with coil embolization. SMAD3 mutations are linked to familial thoracic aortic...
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