JACC: Case Reports (May 2020)

Successful Conservative Treatment of a Large Infected Saphenous Graft Aneurysm

  • Carlos Real, MD,
  • Noemí Ramos, MD,
  • Ana Fernández-Vega, MD,
  • David Vivas, MD, PhD,
  • Aida Ortega-Candil, MD,
  • Ángel Nava-Muñoz, MD,
  • Paula Hernández-Mateo, MD,
  • Cristina Rodríguez-Rey, MD,
  • Almudena Juez, MD,
  • Isidre Vilacosta, MD, PhD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 5
pp. 764 – 768

Abstract

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We report a case of a 75-year-old man with a medical history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery and a recent graft angioplasty, who presented to our emergency department with fever. An 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography demonstrated a saphenous graft infected aneurysm, which was successfully treated conservatively with antibiotic therapy. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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