Yaku H, Fermanis G G, Macauley J, Horton D A
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Dec;62(6):1834-5. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(96)00555-3.
Acute dissection of the ascending aorta as a late complication of coronary artery bypass grafting has been rarely reported. We report a case of a 61 year-old man in whom acute dissection of the ascending aorta developed 2 years after coronary artery bypass grafting. The ascending aorta was replaced with a Dacron graft, and an island of the aortic wall, on which previous proximal anastomoses had been placed, was implanted into the Dacron graft successfully.
