Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Cardiac Surgery
- Vol. 19 (5) , 471-472
Abstract
Coronary artery disease remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report two cases of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) associated with SLE. The first patient (a 45-year-old woman) underwent CABG operation for left main and two-vessel coronary disease using cardiopulmonary bypass. Successful CABG was done using off-pump technique in the second patient (a 39-year-old woman) under hemodialysis therapy. Both patients showed good postoperative outcome without complications.Keywords
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