title: Congenital hypopituitarism: monitoring after coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease in patients with congenital hypopituitarism is not rare; however, there is a lack of reports referring to cardiac interventions in such patients. We present a 76-year-old man with complete pituitary hormone deficiency, who presented with recurrent events of unstable angina. He had a significant stenosis of the left anterior descending artery and he underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass. Our aim is to present the successful management of this patient with congenital hypopituitarism who underwent cardiac surgery and to review the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siminelakis
authors.forename: Angeliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotsanti
authors.forename: Nikolaos G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Baikoussis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrikoula
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bairaktari
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D004393:Dwarfism, Pituitary / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010907:Pituitary Hormones