Saphenous vein graft from aorta to coronary vein with production of continuous murmur. A complication of coronary artery bypass surgery.
A saphenous vein graft was inadvertently placed from the aorta to the coronary vein adjacent to the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery in a 53-year-old man with symptomatic coronary artery disease. The post-operative finding of a continuous murmur led to cardiac catheterization and successful surgical correction. The postoperative finding of a continuous murmur must alert the clinician to this possible technical error.
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery