title: Surgical repair of axillary graft stump syndrome: report of two cases.
abstract: Late upper extremity embolic complications of occluded axillofemoral bypass graft (AxFG) or occluded axillo- axillary bypass graft (AxAG) are not frequently noted. A patient presented with acute right upper extremity thromboembolism 2 years after an AxFG occlusion. Computed tomography (CT) findings revealed kinking and occlusion of the axillary artery at the anastomosis. Another patient presented with acute left upper extremity thromboembolism 2 years and 6 years after an AxAG occlusion. CT indicated a thrombus progressing from the occluded graft to the axillary artery. Surgical repair of the axillary artery was performed in both patients without any complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanamitsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
keywords: acute upper extremity thromboembolism; axilloaxillary bypass graft; axillofemoral bypass graft