title: Aortocoronary bypass surgery with normothermia in a patient with severe cold urticaria.
abstract: Patients with cold urticaria can after exposure to cold air or infusions react with hypotension and cardiovascular collapse. We here report on a patient having a severe cold urticaria who because of angina required myocardial revascularization: She was successfully operated in normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malm
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Juhlin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michaëlsson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hultmann
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Hansson
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery*; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013696:Temperature; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology*