SAPHENOUS-VEIN GRAFT PSEUDOANEURYSM RUPTURE AFTER CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING

Authors
MOHARA J KONISHI H KATO M MISAWA Y KAMISAWA O FUSE K
Citation
J. Mohara et al., SAPHENOUS-VEIN GRAFT PSEUDOANEURYSM RUPTURE AFTER CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(3), 1998, pp. 831-832
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
831 - 832
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:3<831:SGPRAC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
An elderly woman underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, which was followed 1 month later by pseudoaneurysmal rupture at the distal anast omosis of a saphenous vein graft. Emergency repair of the suture line dehiscence was made, and the postoperative course was uneventful. Pseu doaneurysm formation of a saphenous vein graft after coronary artery b ypass grafting is a rare but potentially lethal complication requiring urgent operative intervention. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Su rgeons.