Infected Aortic Pseudoaneurysm at the Site of a Proximal Mechanical Anastomosic Connector following Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Case Report

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World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons

5th Congress Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Sept. 24 - 28, 2009

The Heart Surgery Forum, Volume 7, Issue 4

Infected Aortic Pseudoaneurysm at the Site of a Proximal Mechanical Anastomosic Connector following Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Case Report

Sacha P. Salzberg, Farzan Filsoufi, Lishan Aklog

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

ABSTRACT

We describe a patient who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery performed with an aortic connector. The patient developed a malignant deep sternal wound infection that subsequently led to an aortic pseudoaneurysm at the site of proximal anastomosis.

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