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Compartment Syndrome of the Vein Donor Leg Following an Uneventful Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Author(s) -
Asgun Halil Fatih,
Kirilmaz Bahadir
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12050
Subject(s) - medicine , compartment (ship) , artery , surgery , complication , ischemia , compartment syndromes , coronary artery bypass surgery , vein , myocardial ischemia , cardiology , anesthesia , oceanography , analgesic , geology
Abstract Compartment syndrome (CS) is a very rare complication of coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) due to elevated intra‐compartmental pressure induced by ischemia‐reperfusion injury. We report a patient with CS following an uneventful CABG and discuss its management.