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. 2014:2014:574346.
doi: 10.1155/2014/574346. Epub 2014 Jan 2.

Perioperative avulsion of a left internal mammary artery graft in a patient with syphilis

Vasily I Kaleda  1 , Sergei A Belash  1 , Alexei V Barsuk  2 , Kirill O Barbuhatti  1
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Perioperative avulsion of a left internal mammary artery graft in a patient with syphilis

Vasily I Kaleda et al. Surg Res Pract. 2014.

Abstract

Avulsion of a graft after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery is a rare but very serious complication which leads to massive bleeding and possible life-threatening cardiac tamponade. In this paper we report a very rare case of a left internal mammary artery graft avulsion on the day of surgery in a patient with syphilis.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Finding during reexploration. LIMA: left internal mammary artery graft; LAD: left anterior descending artery.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Mucoid degeneration of the LIMA wall. Alcian blue stain (×100).
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