title: Urgent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with HIV.
abstract: We report a case of successful urgent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for unstable angina pectoris in a 54-year-old human with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We studied the changes in CD4+ cells and HIV-RNA copy during the perioperative period. The results showed that off-pump CABG did not reduce the CD4+ cell count and did not affect the condition of HIV infection in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahi General Hospital, Asahi City, Chiba, Japan. mkawata-ths@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koseni
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukihara
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D004630:Emergencies; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral