[Postoperative rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with ischemic heart disease and other organ disease].

Abstract

We experienced two cases of rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm during the early postoperative period of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). A 71-year-old man on hemodialysis (HD) was diagnosed with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) of 70 mm in size. After CABG, he developed symptoms of acute pancreatitis and died of rupture of AAA on the 12th postoperative day. A 74-year-old man with early gastric cancer was diagnosed with IHD and AAA of 70 mm. After CABG and gastrectomy, he died of rupture of AAA due to anticoagulant therapy on the 3rd postoperative day. One-stage operation should be performed in patients with IHD, AAA more than 60 mm in size and other organ disease. It is important to control blood pressure and anticoagulant therapy appropriately during the early postoperative period when graft replacement for AAA is not performed simultaneously. Careful observation is required to establish the differential diagnosis of acute pancreatitis and impending rupture of AAA in patients on HD.

• Authors: H Tsukui, M Endo, Y Hirasawa, G Chikazawa, T Kurihara, Y Tomizawa, A Kawai, S Aomi, H Nishida, H Koyanagi
• Journal: Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery (Kyobu Geka) Vol. 54 Issue 5 Pg. 370-3 (May 2001) ISSN: 0021-5252 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 11357298 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal (complications)
• Aortic Rupture (etiology)
• Coronary Artery Bypass
• Gastrectomy
• Humans
• Male
• Myocardial Ischemia (complications, surgery)
• Postoperative Complications
• Stomach Neoplasms (complications, surgery)