Right thoracotomy for saphenous vein graft aneurysm causing hemoptysis.
Hemoptysis and septicemia 6 years after coronary artery bypass surgery in a 56-year-old man was caused by a 5-cm vein graft pseudoaneurysm bleeding into the right pleura and lung parenchyma. The graft was approached through a right thoracotomy. The patient suffered postoperative neuromyopathy, but fully recovered within 6 months without muscular, respiratory, or cardiac symptoms.
Ivert
Torbjörn
T
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. torbjorn.ivert@kirurgi.ki.se
Orre
Lotta
L
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy