Abstract
A 49-year-old man suffered multiple recurrences of pseudoaneurysm following ventricular aneurysmectomy in which Teflon felt strips had been used to reinforce the closure. The pseudoaneurysm was secondary to infection of the cardiac suture line, caused by a pathogen resident in the multifilamented Teflon strips. The patient was treated successfully by removal of all residual foreign material and reinforcement of the suture line with an omental pedicle graft. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1991; 18:69-71)
Keywords: Aneurysm, infected/staphylococcus
Keywords: fistula/heart surgery
Keywords: heart aneurysm
Keywords: heart ventricle
Keywords: omentum
Keywords: reoperation
Keywords: surgical wound infection
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