Pseudomonas aeruginosa pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-139

  Schmitt, Timothy M ^a   Finck, Sanford J ^a   Brumble, Lisa M ^a   Lane, Gary E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, false; Aneurysm, infected; Aortic aneurysm; Coronary artery bypass; Postoperative complications; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA PSEUDOANEURYSM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0037639917     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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