Treatment of a nonhealing saphenous vein harvest graft with treprostinil sodium.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.059.
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Abstract
Impaired healing of saphenous vein harvest sites is a serious but under-recognized complication of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, particularly in the presence of peripheral arterial disease. We report the use of a continuous subcutaneous infusion of treprostinil sodium, an analog of prostacyclin, to treat a limb-threatening, nonhealing saphenous vein harvest incision site after myocardial revascularization.
Medical subject headings
- Coronary Artery Bypass
- Coronary Disease
- Epoprostenol
- Saphenous Vein
- Wound Healing
- Wounds and Injuries