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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1894-1897
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case Reports

Late Presentation of Poststernotomy Mediastinitis 15 Years After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

^a Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
^b Mercy General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Sacramento, California

Accepted for publication March 2, 2006.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Michael S. Wong, University of California, Davis, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2221 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817. (Email: michael.wong{at}ucdmc.ucdavis.edu).

Poststernotomy mediastinitis is a relatively rare, but potentially fatal complication of cardiac surgery. Although the vast majority of cases present within 1 month of median sternotomy, there are some reports of presentations beyond 1 year. We report a rare case of mediastinitis presenting 15 years after coronary artery bypass grafting.

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