Natural history of inadvertent aorta-saphenous vein-coronary vein bypass graft.
Inadvertent distal anastomosis of an aortocoronary bypass graft to a coronary vein is a rare but potentially serious complication of coronary artery bypass surgery. We describe a patient in whom such a conduit was discovered only incidentally 17 years after its creation. This case illustrates the pertinent features of this anomaly and demonstrates that it can have a benign natural history.
McNulty
Patrick H
PH
Division of Cardiology, Penn State College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA. pmcnulty@psu.edu
Gilchrist
Ian C
IC
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012086:Reoperation; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*