title: [Symptomatic true aneurysm of a venous bypass with compression of the right atrium].
abstract: A symptomatic true aneurysm of a saphenous vein graft to the right coronary artery in a female patient twelve years after bypass surgery is presented. Beating heart surgery included resection of the aneurysmatic saphenous vein graft, reconstruction of the right atrium and coronary artery bypass grafting to the right coronary artery. The symptoms of aneurysms of vein grafts, the diagnostic procedures and the surgical treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim. Matthias.Roth@kerckhoff.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sprengel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haberbosch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Klövekorn
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*