title: Haemoptysis from a Dacron graft aneurysm 21 years post repair of coarctation of the aorta.
abstract: We report an unusual complication of a Dacron graft in a 31-year-old woman who had undergone extra-anatomical bypass for coarctation of the aorta aged 11 years. She presented with haemoptysis, and imaging confirmed an aneurysm of the Dacron graft at the proximal anastomosis with the aorta, eroding into the right upper lobe, as well as a smaller aneurysm at the anastomosis with the descending aorta. She underwent a median sternotomy and refashioning of the bypass, and a re-do right thoracotomy with removal of the Dacron graft and a right upper and middle lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB23 3RE, UK. alia.noorani@papworth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Alia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noorani
authors.forename: Choo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Deepa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gopalan
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunning
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates