46 Aortocoronary bypass surgery in women

Aortocoronary bypass surgery in a patient with aortic calcification.

A61-year-old woman was referred for aortocoronary bypass surgery. At cardiac catheterization, calcifications of the ascending aorta were noted. To assess the exact extent of aortic calcification, we performed an ECG-gated electronbeam CT (EBCT) study of the thoracic aorta. Our image displays a 3-dimensional volume–rendering reconstruction of the EBCT data set, with thresholds set to display cal...

Septic rupture of the ascending aorta after aortocoronary bypass surgery

We describe an exceptional case of non-fatal septic rupture of the ascending aorta in a patient with sternal dehiscence, deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) and pleural empyema after aortocoronary bypass surgery. Routine follow-up computed tomography (CT) detected a mediastinal pseudoaneurysm originating from the ascending aorta. Thereby, massive and irregular sternal bone defects and contrast-...

Reoperation for angina after previous aortocoronary bypass surgery.

A retrospective study was carried out of the outcome of 102 patients who underwent a second operation for myocardial revascularisation, necessitated by persistence or recurrence of intractable angina after their first coronary bypass procedures. Operative mortality was 2%. During follow up of the survivors (mean interval 36.4 months) five died, two after further operation, and five underwent fu...

I-46: Reproductive Surgery in IVF

Use of exercise tests in assessment of the functional result of aortocoronary bypass surgery.