Coronary artery bypass graft pseudoaneurysm communicating with the right atrium: a case report and review.
We report a pseudoaneurysm of the right coronary artery bypass graft with fistulous drainage into the right atrium. This patient presented with an acute myocardial infarction in a different vascular territory. Cardiac catheterization led to the diagnosis of the pseudoaneurysm. A review of pseudoaneurysms of aortocoronary bypass grafts is presented.
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St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hoffman Heart Institute of Connecticut, Hartford 06105, USA.
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*