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| The Heart Surgery Forum, Volume 7, Issue 4 |
Repair of Mycotic Coronary Aneurysm without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Case Report
Jerry W. Pratt, MD,1 Gilbert Kukielka, MD,3 David A. Brown, MD2
1Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi; 2Midwestern Cardiac Surgery, Mansfield; 3Division of Cardiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
ABSTRACT
Mycotic aneurysms of the coronary arteries are extremely rare, with 15 cases reported. We report the successful treatment of a mycotic aneurysm of the left anterior descending coronary artery by coronary artery bypass grafting with aneurysm ligation and resection without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
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