European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 9, 661-663, Copyright © 1995 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery for patients with left main coronary lesions due to Takayasu's arteritis
C Abad
Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital N. S. Pino, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain.
Two patients with documented Takayasu's arteritis and severe left main
coronary lesion were operated on. The first patient was a 17-year-old boy
operated with a double saphenous vein coronary artery bypass graft in 1982,
the patient survived 12 years but died suddenly due to associated aortic
insufficiency. The second case was a 46-year-old female patient who was
successfully operated on.