title: An uncommon cause of myocardial ischemia after coronary artery bypass grafting: "the dangerous drainage".
abstract: The most common causes of myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction early after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery are early graft occlusion/thrombosis or occlusion/ thrombosis of coronary arteries due to advanced coronary heart disease. We describe a case of postoperative myocardial ischemia due to an uncommon and quickly reversible cause: mechanical compression of a vein graft by a 19F flexible silicone mediastinal drainage tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany. abeiras@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beiras-Fernandez
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Möhnle
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kopf
authors.forename: Calin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vicol
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kur
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*