title: Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with hypopituitarism.
abstract: Three patients with angina pectoris and hypopituitarism underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. The patients received perioperative replacement steroid and thyroid hormone therapy, and there were no complications. Careful perioperative hormonal management is necessary for patients with hypopituitarism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery I, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan. yasuda@sf.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawasuji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged