How should I treat a complex Post-CABG patient?

EuroIntervention. 2009 Nov;5(5):627-32. doi: 10.4244/eijv5i5a100.

Abstract

Background: A 69 year old man was admitted with unstable angina (Class IIB). He had a history of chronic renal impairment, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and coronary bypass surgery in 1997 (LIMA graft to the LAD anf diagonal branch, saphenous vein grafts to the RCA and first marginal branch of LCx.

Investigation: Coronary angiography.

Diagnosis: Unstable angina (Class IIB). Occlusion of the LCx and RCA. Functionally occluded LIMA on the LAD and diagonal branch. Diffuse disease of the LAD with two significant lesions at the LAD-first diagonal and mid-distal LAD.

Treatment: Revascularisation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angina, Unstable / etiology
  • Angina, Unstable / surgery
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary* / instrumentation
  • Cardiovascular Agents / administration & dosage
  • Chronic Disease
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
  • Diabetes Complications / surgery
  • Drug-Eluting Stents
  • Everolimus
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / etiology
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / physiopathology
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Kidney Diseases / complications
  • Male
  • Sirolimus / administration & dosage
  • Sirolimus / analogs & derivatives
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Cardiovascular Agents
  • Everolimus
  • Sirolimus