Management of recurrent ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
A 49-year-old man suffered multiple recurrences of pseudoaneurysm following ventricular aneurysmectomy in which Teflon felt strips had been used to reinforce the closure. The pseudoaneurysm was secondary to infection of the cardiac suture line, caused by a pathogen resident in the multifilamented Teflon strips. The patient was treated successfully by removal of all residual foreign material and reinforcement of the suture line with an omental pedicle graft.
Bluett
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Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Kirsh
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