Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran Archives of Iranian Medicine 1029-2977 16 8 2013 08 01 Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta after Aortic Valve Replacement that Presented as a Pulsatile Chest Wall Mass 0 0 EN Negar Salehi Majid Maleki Saeed Hosseini Mojdeh Nasiri-Ahmadabadi Zahra Alizadeh Anoushiravan Vakili-Zarch Journal Article We describe the case of a man incidentally found to have a pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta at the site of a previously (12 years ago) implanted metallic prosthetic aortic valve. Transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography images demonstrate the pseudoaneurysm. The patient has undergone surgical repair with a good result. <o:p></o:p>