Published: December 25, 2020Received: June 18, 2020Released on J-STAGE: December 25, 2020Accepted: August 27, 2020
Advance online publication: October 21, 2020
Revised: -
We describe the case of a 66-year-old man with a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, who presented with cardiac failure; he had complained of shortness of breath. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan and transthoracic echocardiography showed compression of the left atrium and ventricle by a giant thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. The cardiac failure resolved after early prosthetic graft replacement surgery.