Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Patient With Polyarteritis Nodosa.

Yamamoto, Yoshitaka; Iino, Kenji; Ueda, Hideyasu; No, Hironari; Nishida, Yoji; Takago, Shintaro; Shintani, Yoshiko; Kato, Hiroki et al. · Ann Thorac Surg · 2017

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 38-year-old man with polyarteritis nodosa presented with exertional chest pain. Coronary angiography revealed 3-vessel coronary artery disease. We performed 2-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting with the saphenous vein because the left internal thoracic artery was in poor condition. Histological examination of the left internal thoracic artery showed a strong effect of polyarteritis nodosa.

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