An Unusual Cause of Sepsis: Infected Iliofemoral Junction False Aneurysm following Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Abstract

The article presents an unusual cause of sepsis happening several weeks after heart transplant (infected iliofemoral junction false aneurysm) requiring iliofemoral reconstruction with arterial homograft by both retroperitoneal and inguinal approaches combined with Sartorius myoplasty.

Keywords

infected femoral artery false aneurysm - ECMO - heart transplantation - cryopreserved arterial homograft