title: On-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
abstract: A 58-year-old woman with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS; type IV) presented to a Canadian tertiary care emergency department with a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. The patient failed medical therapy and after careful consideration of the options, elected to undergo urgent coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a successful on-pump CABG surgery in a patient with vascular EDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Horne
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*