Right thoracotomy for saphenous vein graft aneurysm causing hemoptysis

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Torbjörn Ivert, Lotta Orre

Abstract

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.

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Oct 10, 2007·Netherlands Heart Journal : Monthly Journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation·R M A van de WalW J Morshuis
Mar 25, 2008·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions·Adriano R TonelliR David Anderson

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