title: Surgical treatment of multivessel lesions in Takayasu's arteritis: report of a case.
abstract: Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis involving the aorta and its main branches, the pulmonary arteries, and the coronary tree. Here we report a case of TA complicated by severe stenosis of the left coronary ostium with multivessel brachiocephalic involvement. A combination of these abnormalities could complicate underlying illness in patients, posing an increased risk of surgical morbidity. Simultaneous surgical treatment of the ascending aorta to left carotid artery bypass and coronary artery bypass using the great saphenous vein were performed. We discuss the choice of simultaneous surgery and the options for surgical treatment of complicated lesions due to TA.
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, No. 45 ChangChun Street, XuanWu District, Beijing, 100053, PR China.
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Wu
authors: Hong Yong
authors: HY
authors: Duan
authors: Yong Quan
authors: YQ
authors: Gu
authors: Bing
authors: B
authors: Chen
authors: Zhong Gao
authors: ZG
authors: Wang
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*