Open AccessAn axillofemoral bypass graft transgressing the chest wall
Author(s) -
Levena Skervin Alicia,
Thomas Robert Hywel,
Sritharan Kaji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.386
Subject(s) - medicine , revascularization , concomitant , surgery , perfusion , radiology , cardiology , myocardial infarction
Key Clinical Message Explantation of an infected patent vascular graft does not necessarily require concomitant revascularization procedures. The need for revascularization can be determined by a trial cross‐clamping of the graft and clinical assessment of limb perfusion. We report a case of an infected axillofemoral graft transgressing the chest wall in a surgically high risk patient.