title: Early venous coronary bypass graft occlusion in a patient with non-specific aortitis: a case report.
abstract: A 58-year-old woman with aortic valve regurgitation and bilateral ostial coronary artery stenosis due to non-specific aortitis is presented. Four months after aortic valve surgery and venous bypass surgery, orificial occlusion or high grade stenosis of the bypass grafts occurred. Repeat coronary arteriography was followed by cardiac arrest and emergency surgery but patient did not survive. The etiology, pathological findings and surgical approach are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demuynck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moerman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sergeant
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Geest
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012086:Reoperation