title: Aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms of saphenous vein coronary artery bypass grafts.
abstract: Aneurysms of saphenous vein grafts to coronary arteries are unusual complications of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Three patients (men aged 47, 62, and 68 years) are presented with spontaneous chest pains 10, 21, and 17 years after CABG surgery. In one case, the saphenous vein graft had eroded into the right atrium and had established a fistula between the graft and the right atrium. Diagnosis of saphenous vein graft aneurysms was confirmed by echocardiography, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, and by arteriography. Two patients were treated surgically, the third by percutaneous coil embolisation followed by balloon angioplasty of the right coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, CHRU Hotel Dieu, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le Breton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pavin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Langanay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Roland
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beliard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bedossa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rioux
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pony
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002404:Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation