REPLACEMENT OF INFECTED THORACIC AORTIC PROSTHESIS WITH A SPIRAL COMPOSITE VEIN GRAFT

Authors
PALMA JH GOMES WJ ALMEIDA DR CARVALHO AC BRASIL LA BUFFOLO E
Citation
Jh. Palma et al., REPLACEMENT OF INFECTED THORACIC AORTIC PROSTHESIS WITH A SPIRAL COMPOSITE VEIN GRAFT, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(4), 1998, pp. 1135-1137
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1135 - 1137
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:4<1135:ROITAP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We describe a case of a patient who had a ruptured aorta repaired by f emorofemoral bypass with an interposition graft and subsequently had a graft infection. The patient was taken to operation and the old graft was removed. It was replaced by a spiral great saphenous vein graft. The patient has been followed up for 36 months with computed tomograph ic scanning, which has shown that the vein graft has not dilated. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.