Saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm formation after postoperative mediastinitis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Pseudoaneurysm formation involving the body of an aortocoronary saphenous vein graft is a rare event. True aneurysmal dilatation of the graft and anastomotic pseudoaneurysm formation occur more commonly. We present the case of a 73-year-old woman in whom a pseudoaneurysm communicating with the body of a posterior descending coronary artery saphenous vein graft developed, presumably after a postoperative sternal wound infection. The aneurysm was excised and the defect within the saphenous vein graft repaired using hypothermia and circulatory arrest.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm
- Coronary Artery Bypass
- Mediastinitis
- Postoperative Complications
- Saphenous Vein
- Staphylococcal Infections