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Stenosis of the main stem of the left coronary artery in a teenager with Takayasu’s Arteritis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2009

Srikrishna Modugula Reddy  and
Srinivas Pallikala Reddy
Srikrishna Modugula Reddy*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute for Cardiac Treatment and Research, Southern Railway Hospital, Chennai, India
Srinivas Pallikala Reddy
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute for Cardiac Treatment and Research, Southern Railway Hospital, Chennai, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr Srikrishna Modugula Reddy, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute for Cardiac Treatment and Research, Southern Railway Hospital, Chennai – 600 023, India. Tel: 91-9502227828; E-mail: srikrishna8@gmail.com
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Abstract

Coronary arterial involvement is rare in Takayasu’s arteritis. We describe successful coronary arterial bypass grafting in a 15 year teenager with Takayasu’s arteritis and unstable angina because of stenosis of the main stem of the left coronary artery.

Keywords

Coronary arterial stenosisaortitis syndromeaortocoronary bypass
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , December 2009 , pp. 638 - 640
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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