| A Case of Dacron Graft Aneurysm
18 Years after Left Subclavian Artery-Descending Aortic Bypass |
(Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Funabashi Municipal
Medical Center, Funabashi, Japan)
| Manabu Sakurai |
Yoshiharu Takahara |
Kenji Mogi |
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Dacron grafts have made great progress
and the material has become almost perfect recently. However,
we encountered a rare case of a late-graft complication. A34-year-old
man was operated on for coarctation of the aorta in July 1982.
Left subclavian artery-descending aortic bypass was performed
using a Cooley double velour knitted graft. Eighteen years later,
the patient was admitted to our hospital with an abnormal shadow
in his chest X-ray. Angiography and computed tomography demonstrated
a non-anastomotic aneurysm of the graft. Under cardiopulmonary
bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, reoperation with
a woven Dacron graft was successfully performed. This case suggests
that it is important to follow up patients with implanted Dacron
arterial prostheses because of the potential for rupture.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 32：172 -174 (2003) |
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