Symptomatic aneurysm of a saphenous vein graft with compression of the right atrium.
A symptomatic aneurysm of a saphenous vein bypass to the right coronary artery in a 77-year-old female patient is presented. Surgical therapy included resection of the aneurysmal saphenous vein graft, reconstruction of the right atrium, and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to the right coronary artery.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kerckhoff Clinic, Benekestrasse 2-8, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany. Matthias.Roth@kerckoff.med.uni-giessen.de
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Roth
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Sprengel
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Kraus
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Klövekorn
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Bauer
D000368:Aged; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*