MR Imaging of Pseudoaneurysms in Aortocoronary Bypass Graft

Sherry, Cynthia S.; Harms, Steven E.

doi:10.1097/00004728-198905000-00010

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“…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 ...…”

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

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Aneurysmal dilatation of saphenous vein graft (SVG), first reported in 1975, is secondary to true aneurysm or pseudoaneurysm. We report 1 case and review 107 cases published since 1975. Severe SVG dilatations are large (6 ± 3 cm), occur remote from surgery (12 ± 4 years) and are life threatening, with 15.7% in-hospital mortality. Symptoms are nonspecific and the abnormality is initially observed by chest X-ray in 57% of cases. The chest X-ray abnormalities have a distinctive appearance that may suggest both diagnosis and which SVG is involved. Diagnosis is made clinically by imaging, i.e. computed tomography, echocardiography, magnetic resonance and/or surgical observation (66 cases), or most accurately by tissue evaluation by the pathologist (42 cases). Aneurysm is more common than pseudoaneurysm by a 6:1 ratio.

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

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“…7,18,[21][22][23][24][25] Differential diagnosis includes aneurysmal dilatation of other vascular structures, lymphadenopathy, lesions of thymic or thyroid origin, teratoma, and bronchogenic or pericardial cysts. On CT, including ultrafast electron beam CT 26 or MRI, 27 these lesions appear as enhancing tubular masses of mixed density, along the heart border. 28 The largest reported false aneurysm measured 13 cm in diameter on CT. 23 Dynamic CT or MR studies can show the lesion enhancing simultaneously with the descending aorta, later than the pulmonary artery.…”

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