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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1885-1887
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Right Thoracotomy for Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm Causing Hemoptysis

Torbjörn Ivert, MD, PhD * , Lotta Orre, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Accepted for publication May 10, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Ivert, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, 171 76 Sweden (Email: torbjorn.ivert{at}kirurgi.ki.se).

Hemoptysis and septicemia 6 years after coronary artery bypass surgery in a 56-year-old man was caused by a 5-cm vein graft pseudoaneurysm bleeding into the right pleura and lung parenchyma. The graft was approached through a right thoracotomy. The patient suffered postoperative neuromyopathy, but fully recovered within 6 months without muscular, respiratory, or cardiac symptoms.






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