Endocardial lesions following coronary artery by-pass surgery.
A series of post-operative deaths is presented in which coronary artery by-pass surgery had been performed at various ante-mortem intervals by the same surgical term in a single institution. When compared to an appropriate control population, these cases displayed a sequence of endocardial inflammation and progressive fibro-elastosis which suggested that injury had occurred during surgery. An assessment of the effects of this lesion and of possible etiologic factors is presented.
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D004695:Endocardial Fibroelastosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology