title: Dissection of the ascending aorta: a late complication of coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Acute dissection of the ascending aorta as a late complication of coronary artery bypass grafting has been rarely reported. We report a case of a 61 year-old man in whom acute dissection of the ascending aorta developed 2 years after coronary artery bypass grafting. The ascending aorta was replaced with a Dacron graft, and an island of the aortic wall, on which previous proximal anastomoses had been placed, was implanted into the Dacron graft successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaku
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Fermanis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macauley
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors