DISRUPTION OF THE EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (EPTFE) GRAFT OF AXILLOFEMORAL BYPASS

Authors
ONOE M WATARIDA S SUGITA T SHIRAISHI S NOJIMA T NAKAJIMA Y JUN A TABATA R MATSUNO S MORI A
Citation
M. Onoe et al., DISRUPTION OF THE EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (EPTFE) GRAFT OF AXILLOFEMORAL BYPASS, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 35(2), 1994, pp. 165-168
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219509
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
165 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9509(1994)35:2<165:DOTEP(>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The rupture of the artificial vascular graft is a rare complication. T he disruption of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (EPTFE) graft ha s never been reported. The present report describes a patient who suff ered the disruption of an EPTFE graft five years after a right axillof emoral by-pass.