title: Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Coronary artery disease remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report two cases of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) associated with SLE. The first patient (a 45-year-old woman) underwent CABG operation for left main and two-vessel coronary disease using cardiopulmonary bypass. Successful CABG was done using off-pump technique in the second patient (a 39-year-old woman) under hemodialysis therapy. Both patients showed good postoperative outcome without complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. nbozbuga@kosuyolu.gov.tr
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bozbuğa
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Erentuğ
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Esat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: Cevat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yakut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome