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An unusual complication of cardiac transplantation--infected aortic pseudoaneurysm
R T Palac1, L J Strausbaugh, R Antonovic
1Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Portland.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Infections after cardiac transplantation are a frequent cause of early morbidity and mortality. An unusual site for such a complication is at the aortic anastomotic suture line. We report a case of an infected aortic pseudoaneurysm, seen as recurrent septicemia, during the first 6 months after cardiac transplantation.