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  • Title: Fatal outcome of aortocoronary bypass grafting in a 62-year-old man with unsuspected coronary arteritis.
    Author: Sciagrà R, Tebbe U, Rahlf G, Neuhaus KL, Kreuzer H.
    Journal: Clin Cardiol; 1986 Nov; 9(11):583-6. PubMed ID: 2879660.
    Abstract:
    A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with unstable angina. The coronary arteriography showed the occlusion of the left anterior descending artery and other stenotic lesions. The patient underwent an aortocoronary bypass operation, but unfortunately he did not survive. Surprisingly, the necropsy revealed him to be affected by an inflammatory process, involving the aorta and the coronary arteries. According to the clinical history and examination, the findings at necropsy and the histologic picture, the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis appears the most probable. Coronary arteritis has to be considered as a possible etiology of ischemic symptoms also in subjects who appear affected by typical atherosclerotic ischemic heart disease.
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