CORONARY-ARTERY COMPRESSION BY TEFLON PLEDGET GRANULOMA FOLLOWING AORTIC-VALVE REPLACEMENT

Authors
COHLE SD DELAVAN JW
Citation
Sd. Cohle et Jw. Delavan, CORONARY-ARTERY COMPRESSION BY TEFLON PLEDGET GRANULOMA FOLLOWING AORTIC-VALVE REPLACEMENT, Journal of forensic sciences, 42(5), 1997, pp. 945-946
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal
Journal title
Journal of forensic sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221198
Volume
42
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
945 - 946
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1198(1997)42:5<945:CCBTPG>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We describe a massive fatal posterior myocardial infarct resulting fro m compression of the right coronary artery by a Teflon pledget granulo ma in a patient who had undergone aortic valve replacement six months before death. Other iatrogenic causes of coronary artery occlusion or compression are discussed in this paper. To our knowledge this is the first report of this surgical complication.