A man with saphenous vein graft aneurysms after bypass surgery.
Saphenous vein graft (SVG) aneurysms are a rare complication of coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Patients in whom these aneurysms form a fistula with either a cardiac chamber or mediastinal vessel are even more uncommon and present a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We present a patient with SVG aneurysms and a fistula to the left atrium.
Williams
Matthew L
ML
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Rampersaud
Edward
E
Wolfe
Walter G
WG
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D013997:Time Factors