Rapidly Progressive Dyspnea after Coronary Arterial Bypass Grafting with Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery: Report of a Case

Evren Özçınar, Mustafa Seren, Mehmet Çakıcı, Mehmet Taşar, Uğursay Kızıltepe

Keywords: Pulmonary alveolar spaces, haemorrhage, adult respiratory distress syndrome, myocardial revascularisation, low-molecular-weight-heparin, anticoagulant

Abstract

Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) is defined as bleeding into alveolar spaces, and it is caused by the disruption of the alveolar-capillary basement membrane. While various diseases are associated with the development of DAH, we describe a rare case of alveolar haemorrhage after a full arterial revascularisation procedure via bilateral internal mammary arteries.