title: Coronary artery bypass surgery for patients with left main coronary lesions due to Takayasu's arteritis.
abstract: Two patients with documented Takayasu's arteritis and severe left main coronary lesion were operated on. The first patient was a 17-year-old boy operated with a double saphenous vein coronary artery bypass graft in 1982, the patient survived 12 years but died suddenly due to associated aortic insufficiency. The second case was a 46-year-old female patient who was successfully operated on.
authors: Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital N. S. Pino, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain.
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mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*