Staphylococcal aortic pseudoaneurysm. Treatment employing ascending aorta-abdominal aorta bypass graft.
An adult patient developed infection of the anastomosis after resection of an isthmic coarctation, with subsequent formation of a pseudoaneurysm. He was treated successfully by an ascending aorta-abdominal aorta bypass graft. The graft was placed retrosternally and passed through the diaphragm into the retroperitoneal space. After surgery the patient developed systolic hypertension. A faint murmur was heard over the chest and abdomen, caused by the turbulent flow through the graft.
D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications