Stenosis of the main stem of the left coronary artery in a teenager with Takayasu's arteritis.
Coronary arterial involvement is rare in Takayasu's arteritis. We describe successful coronary arterial bypass grafting in a 15 year teenager with Takayasu's arteritis and unstable angina because of stenosis of the main stem of the left coronary artery.
Reddy
Srikrishna Modugula
SM
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute for Cardiac Treatment and Research, Southern Railway Hospital, Chennai, India. srikrishna8@gmail.com
Reddy
Srinivas Pallikala
SP
D000293:Adolescent; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D015415:Biomarkers