Ruptured Pseudoaneurysm of the Aorta with Encapsulated Mediastinal Abscess after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 319-321

  Ueno, Tetsuya ^a,b   Ikeda, Kazuyuki ^a   Koga, Yasuo ^a  

^a Ureshino Medical Center   (Japan)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine pericardium; Mediastinal abscess; Pseudoaneurysm of the aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PSEUDOANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042733341     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02719386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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