Intimal breakdown causing failure of human umbilical vein graft
W. E. Haun, C. O. Brantigan and R. B. Sawyer
Early graft failure secondary to intimal breakdown with subsequent
hemorrhage into and dissection of the wall of a modified human umbilical
cord vein allograft occurred. Early recognition and immediate graft
replacement will undoubtedly minimize further morbidity to the patient. To
our knowledge, this is the first case of early graft failure from this
cause described in the literature.
