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  • Title: Saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm formation after postoperative mediastinitis.
    Author: Smith JA, Goldstein J.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 1992 Oct; 54(4):766-8. PubMed ID: 1417238.
    Abstract:
    Pseudoaneurysm formation involving the body of an aortocoronary saphenous vein graft is a rare event. True aneurysmal dilatation of the graft and anastomotic pseudoaneurysm formation occur more commonly. We present the case of a 73-year-old woman in whom a pseudoaneurysm communicating with the body of a posterior descending coronary artery saphenous vein graft developed, presumably after a postoperative sternal wound infection. The aneurysm was excised and the defect within the saphenous vein graft repaired using hypothermia and circulatory arrest.
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