title: Dacron coronary graft obstruction after composite graft replacement of aortic root.
abstract: Obstruction of the left coronary ostial anastomosis is a rare late complication after composite graft replacement of the ascending aorta and the aortic valve with separate Dacron coronary grafts. Intimal proliferation caused by the turbulent blood flow at this site may be the cause of the obstruction, which is considered a possible cause of late cardiac events such as sudden death and global myocardial infarction. We describe a case of tight stenosis at the left coronary ostial anastomosis in a 38-year-old woman with Marfan's syndrome who had undergone a composite graft replacement that employed separate Dacron coronary grafts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sekine
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates