Internal thoracic artery atherosclerosis after coarctation repair in an adult

We report a rare case of a patient with an unsuitable grossly atherosclerotic and extensively calcified right internal thoracic artery found during a coronary bypass grafting operation. He had undergone an aortic coarctation repair 35 years before, with long-term systemic hypertension previous to th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1998-10, Vol.66 (4), p.1424-1426
Hauptverfasser:	Castaño, Mario, Silva, Jacobo, Fortuny, Ramón, López, Javier, Vallejo, José L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aortic Coarctation - complications Aortic Coarctation - surgery Arteriosclerosis - pathology Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava Coronary Artery Bypass - methods Heart Humans Hypertension - etiology Male Mammary Arteries - pathology Medical sciences Middle Aged Saphenous Vein - transplantation Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a rare case of a patient with an unsuitable grossly atherosclerotic and extensively calcified right internal thoracic artery found during a coronary bypass grafting operation. He had undergone an aortic coarctation repair 35 years before, with long-term systemic hypertension previous to the operation and sustained after it. It is advisable to be alert to the possibility of atherosclerotic degeneration of the internal thoracic artery in these patients.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00721-8