• Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Oct 2009

    Case Reports

    Post-sternotomy hemorrhage due to left internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm.

    • Satoshi Yamashiro, Yukio Kuniyoshi, Katsuya Arakaki, Hitoshi Inafuku, Yuji Morishima, and Yuya Kise.
    • Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Division, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. y3104@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
    • Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2009 Oct 1;17(5):519-21.

    AbstractWe describe a case of pseudoaneurysm of the internal thoracic artery, which was probably caused by infection. Four weeks after aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery, an 84-year-old woman suddenly developed painful sternal instability and hypotension, with active hemorrhage from a left parasternal swelling. Selective arteriography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the left internal thoracic artery. It was surgically excised, and the patient recovered uneventfully.

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