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Chest, Vol 79, 591-592, Copyright © 1981 by American College of Chest Physicians

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False aneurysm of the ascending aorta presenting as an acute myocardial infarction: a late complication of aortocoronary bypass

M Morissette, J Lemire, N Poirier and P Bettez

After coronary bypass surgery, a 40-year-old man developed disruption of the site of cannulation of the ascending aorta. The false aneurysm which ensued presented as recurrent episodes of spontaneous angina and myocardial infarction ending in coronary death 48 days after surgery. the aortic origin of all three permeable coronary bypasses were strangulated by the hematoma. Awareness of this unusual potential hazard is essential, since an early suspicion would lead to proper diagnostic interventions and reoperation.




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