Coronary artery bypass grafting nine years after cardiac transplantation

Angina and increasing exertional dyspnea developed in a 53-year-old man 9 years after cardiac transplantation. Left heart catheterization revealed severe proximal triple coronary artery disease, and he underwent surgical revascularization. Now 18 months after the operation he continues to be free of...

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Published in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 571 - 572
Main Authors:	Dunning, John J., Kendall, Simon W.H., Mullins, Paul A., Chauhan, Anoop, Graham, Timothy R., Biocina, Bojin, Schofield, Peter M., Large, Stephen R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-09-1992 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Coronary Angiography Coronary Artery Bypass Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging Coronary Disease - surgery Heart Transplantation Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Postoperative Complications Recurrence Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Time Factors Heart Case study Human Treatment Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery Cardiovascular disease Angina pectoris Homotransplantation Coronary heart disease
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Summary:	Angina and increasing exertional dyspnea developed in a 53-year-old man 9 years after cardiac transplantation. Left heart catheterization revealed severe proximal triple coronary artery disease, and he underwent surgical revascularization. Now 18 months after the operation he continues to be free of symptoms.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/0003-4975(92)90461-C