Mycotic aortocoronary saphenous vein graft aneurysm presenting with unstable angina pectoris

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1456-1458

  Hirsch, Glenn A ^a,c   Johnston, Peter V ^a   Conte Jr , John V ^b   Achuff, Stephen C ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEVER; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; THORAX PAIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BACTEREMIA; CALCINOSIS; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEVER; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644230619     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01516-9     Document Type: Article

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