Pulmonary artery compression by a giant aortocoronary vein graft aneurysm.
Late failure of saphenous vein aortocoronary bypass grafts is predominantly due to vein graft atherosclerotic disease. Rarely, saphenous vein aortocoronary bypass grafts undergo aneurysmal degeneration. We report a case of a giant true aneurysm of a saphenous vein aortocoronary bypass graft producing right heart failure from main pulmonary artery compression.
Mitchell
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
Campbell
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery