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Graft Aneurysm

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Saphenous vein grafts are frequently used in coronary artery bypass graft surgery as standard treatment for severe coronary artery disease. Saphenous graft aneurysm after coronary artery bypass grafting is a very rare and potentially fatal complication and is a diagnosis of suspicion because it has no specific symptoms and there are no guidelines for screening. Optimal treatment is not well defined but it should be based on location of the aneurysm, involvement of adjacent structures, and patient co-morbidities. The treatment options include medical treatment, percutaneous intervention, and surgical treatment.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Stefania Luminiţa Negrea MD

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  1. Cardiology, Army's Center for Cardiovascular Di, Bucharest, Romania

    Ion C. Ţintoiu

  2. Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

    Malcolm John Underwood

  3. University Fribourg, Hospital HFR Fribourg, Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Stephane Pierre Cook

  4. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

    Hironori Kitabata

  5. University Medical Center, Texas Tech Univ. Health Science Center, EL PASO, Texas, USA

    Aamer Abbas

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Negrea, S.L. (2016). Graft Aneurysm. In: Ţintoiu, I., Underwood, M., Cook, S., Kitabata, H., Abbas, A. (eds) Coronary Graft Failure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26515-5_26

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