Coronary artery bypass in the context of polyarteritis nodosa.
A 46-year-old man with polyarteritis nodosa and multiple myocardial infarctions treated with multiple percutaneous coronary interventions presented again with atypical angina. Coronary angiography revealed triple-vessel coronary artery disease. This patient underwent four-vessel coronary artery bypass graft and recovered uneventfully. A review of the literature and discussion of the surgical management of this patient is presented.
Yanagawa
Bobby
B
Division of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kumar
Pawan
P
Tsuneyoshi
Hiroshi
H
Kachel
Erez
E
Massad
Ehab
E
Moussa
Fuad
F
Cohen
Gideon N
GN
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation