Calciphylaxis following coronary artery bypass surgery: an underappreciated cause of wound complications?
Wound complications following cardiac surgery are typically infectious and associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Calciphylaxis, vascular calcification of small and medium sized vessels, often associated with end-stage renal disease, can result in extensive tissue necrosis. We hypothesize that calciphylaxis is an under-recognized and under-reported precipitating wound and breast complication following coronary artery bypass surgery and thereby necessitates further study.
Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. michael.firstenberg@osumc.edu
Michael S
MS
Firstenberg
Ravi S
RS
Tripathi
Noah A
NA
Grose
Erik
E
Abel
Sara B
SB
Peters
Thomas J
TJ
Papadimos
D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged