Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of an aortocoronary saphenous vein graft aneurysm

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allowed the diagnosis of an atherosclerotic aneurysm of a long-standing aortocoronary saphenous vein graft, initially not depicted by selective coronary graft arteriography due to low flow within the lumen, caused by a stenosis of the proximal graft limb.

Severe Dilatation of Saphenous Vein Grafts: A Late Complication of Coronary Surgery in Which the Diagnosis Is Suggested by Chest X-Ray

“…Our literature review identified 107 patients [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95]. The demographic, clinical and pathological features are summarized in ...…”

MRI of congenital coronary artery aneurysm.

“…The latter is particularly useful in identifying saphenous vein graft aneurysms in which coronary angiography was of limited value owing to proximal stenosis and insuf®cient¯ow [9].…”

Aneurysms of saphenous vein grafts as late complication of coronary artery bypass surgery: successful exclusion by percutaneous transcatheter embolization

“…Most of them have been observed in old saphenous SVG [1,2,3]. These aneurysms may disturb the graft function and cause recurrent angina [4] or non-Q myocardial infarction [5], requiring surgical reintervention [4,6,7], which is sometimes fatal in these elderly patients with multiple-organ dysfunctions [4].…”