Full Calcified Jacket of Saphenous Vein Graft

Full Calcified Jacket of Saphenous Vein Graft

A 57-year-old male visited our clinic with chief complaint of exertional chest pain. He had been on anti-hypertensive medication for 15 years. In 1999, he went through coronary artery bypass graft surgery for myocardial infarction, using an aorto-left anterior descending artery (LAD) bypass with the left internal mammary artery, and aorto-right coronary artery (RCA) bypass with saphenous vein. ...

Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysms

Understanding saphenous vein graft patency.

Saphenous vein was the conduit used in the first series of coronary surgery, and, with the exception of revascularization of the left anterior descending coronary artery, it remains the most commonly used conduit.1 There are several reasons for this. First, because of its relatively large diameter and wall characteristics, it is technically easy to use; second, it is plentiful, and therefore ca...

Ruptured saphenous vein graft aneurysm.

Ruptured saphenous vein graft (SVG) aneurysm is a rare source of significant morbidity and mortality. SVG is a common technique of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), but vein graft aneurysm and ruptured SVG aneurysm have not received the required attention as only few case reports exist. We present the case of a 50-year old man with ruptured vein graft aneurysm who had significant postoper...

Giant pseudoaneurysm of a saphenous vein graft.

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