title: Pulmonary artery compression by a giant aortocoronary vein graft aneurysm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: 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