Giant Aneurysm of Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Graft Compressing the Left Pulmonary Artery

This is a case report of a 78‐year‐old patient with a 7‐cm aneurysm of the saphenous vein graft that was used 17 years before to perform a coronary artery bypass grafting on the circumflex artery. CT scan displayed a mass with an internal lumen compressing the left atrium as well as the left pulmona...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of cardiac surgery 2006-07, Vol.21 (4), p.425-427
Hauptverfasser:	Chiappini, Bruno, Poncelet, Alain, Noirhomme, Philippe, Verhelst, Robert, Rubay, Jean, Funken, Jean-Christophe, Khoury, Gebrine El
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aortic Aneurysm - diagnosis Aortic Aneurysm - etiology Aortic Aneurysm - pathology Aortic Aneurysm - surgery Coronary Aneurysm - diagnosis Coronary Aneurysm - etiology Coronary Aneurysm - pathology Coronary Aneurysm - surgery Coronary Angiography Coronary Artery Bypass Coronary Artery Disease - surgery Echocardiography, Transesophageal Graft Occlusion, Vascular - diagnosis Graft Occlusion, Vascular - etiology Graft Occlusion, Vascular - surgery Heart Atria - pathology Humans Male Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Artery - pathology Pulmonary Artery - surgery Reoperation Saphenous Vein - diagnostic imaging Saphenous Vein - pathology Saphenous Vein - transplantation Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	This is a case report of a 78‐year‐old patient with a 7‐cm aneurysm of the saphenous vein graft that was used 17 years before to perform a coronary artery bypass grafting on the circumflex artery. CT scan displayed a mass with an internal lumen compressing the left atrium as well as the left pulmonary artery.
ISSN:	0886-0440 1540-8191
DOI:	10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00263.x