PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
Patients’ medical history was relevant for a surgically repaired ascending aorta aneurysm using a 30 mm Gelweave graft and aortic valve replacement with a 23 mm CE pericardial tissue valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) with reimplantation of coronary arteries. The patient also had underlying hypertension, and aortic pseudo-coarctation (Figure 1A), prostate cancer, and chronic atrial fibrillation.