title: Coronary artery surgery and myxoedema.
abstract: A patient with a preoperative diagnosis of myxoedema had triple vessel coronary artery bypass surgery. The perioperative and postoperative course was essentially uneventful. The most appropriate management of a patient with coronary artery disease who has concomitant myxoedema is first to improve myocardial blood flow by relieving coronary obstruction and then to treat the thyroid deficiency.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009230:Myxedema / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine