Spontaneous disappearance of a saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Abe, Tomonobu; Terada, Takafumi; Noda, Rei; Taneichi, Tetsuyoshi; Sugiura, Junya; Sakurai, Takahisa; Sakurai, Hajime · Ann Thorac Surg · 2013

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of coronary artery bypass grafting. Its natural course is largely unknown because there have been few observational studies of medically observed patients. We herein report a case of spontaneous regression of a saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm in the early postoperative period, which has never been described, to our knowledge, in the previous literature.

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