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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2014; 02(05): 207-210
DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2014.14-026
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Second Redo for Composite Graft Pseudoaneurysm with Transcutaneous Rupture

Mikael Péterffy
1   Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, The Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Christian Olsson
1   Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, The Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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09 April 2014

20 August 2014

Publication Date:
24 September 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Six months after a composite graft redo operation repairing two pseudoaneurysms at the distal suture line and the right coronary artery, respectively, a patient returned asymptomatic and in good general condition but with new presternal bulges. Computed tomography and angiography diagnosed a new pseudoaneurysm of the left coronary artery, and on frank rupture, acute re-repair was undertaken with the aid of presternotomy hypothermic circulatory arrest. Temporary postoperative neurological dysfunction subsided and recovery was otherwise uneventful.

Key Words

Aorta - Aortic pseudoaneurysm - Suture - Resternotomy
 

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