[An aorto-coronary bypass graft operation of left coronary ostial stenosis due to aortitis syndrome].
A 24-year-old female with unstable angina due to aortitis syndrome was reported. The coronary-arteriogram in hospital showed 75 percent stenosis of the left coronary ostium. Following two months' steroid therapy for active inflammation, aortocoronary bypass graft was implanted. After the operation. This patient became free from angina attack. Steroid therapy was continued postoperatively as well. The coronary-arteriogram taken seven months after the operation, revealed the patency of the graft.
Yamazaki
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I
First Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kondo
J
J
Imoto
K
K
Kajiwara
H
H
Mashimo
Y
Y
Matsumoto
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage
D011239:Prednisolone