Symptomatic Aneurysm of a Saphenous Vein Graft with Compression of the Right Atrium

(#1999-64958 ... October 11, 1999)

Matthias Roth, MD¹, Udo Sprengel, MD¹, Bernd Kraus, MD², Wolf P. Klövekorn, MD¹, Erwin P. Bauer, MD¹

¹Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
²Department of Anesthesiology
Kerckhoff Clinic, Benekestrasse 2-8, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany

ABSTRACT

A symptomatic aneurysm of a saphenous vein bypass to the right coronary artery in a 77-year-old female patient is presented. Surgical therapy included resection of the aneurysmal saphenous vein graft, reconstruction of the right atrium, and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to the right coronary artery.

AUTHOR/ARTICLE INFORMATION

Reprint requests to: Matthias Roth, MD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kerckhoff Clinic, Max Planck Institute, Benekestr. 2-8, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany, E-mail: Matthias.Roth@kerckhoff.med.uni-giessen.de

Submitted on: October 8, 1999; Accepted on: October 11, 1999