Saphenous Vein Graft Pseudoaneurysm Rupture After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

An elderly woman underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, which was followed 1 month later by pseudoaneurysmal rupture at the distal anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft. Emergency repair of the suture line dehiscence was made, and the postoperative course was uneventful. Pseudoaneurysm formation...

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 831 - 832
Main Authors Mohara, Jun, Konishi, Hiroaki, Kato, Morito, Misawa, Yoshio, Kamisawa, Osamu, Fuse, Katsuo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Aged
Aneurysm, False - etiology
Aneurysm, False - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Coronary Artery Bypass
Emergencies
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Postoperative Complications
Rupture, Spontaneous
Saphenous Vein - transplantation
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Surgical Wound Dehiscence - surgery
Human
Graft(material)
False aneurysm
Rupture
Homograft
Cardiovascular disease
Vascular disease
Case study
Treatment
Aortocoronary
Bypass
Saphenous vein
Surgery
Complication
Elderly
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Summary:An elderly woman underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, which was followed 1 month later by pseudoaneurysmal rupture at the distal anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft. Emergency repair of the suture line dehiscence was made, and the postoperative course was uneventful. Pseudoaneurysm formation of a saphenous vein graft after coronary artery bypass grafting is a rare but potentially lethal complication requiring urgent operative intervention.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01435-5