Open AccessPulmonary artery hypertension following coronary artery bypass grafting: a case report
Author(s) -
Robinson Renana,
Weinstein Jean Marc,
Cafri Carlos,
Avriel Avital
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
esc heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.787
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 2055-5822
DOI - 10.1002/ehf2.12269
Subject(s) - medicine , bypass grafting , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiology , pulmonary artery , artery , pulmonary hypertension , heart failure , pathophysiology , right heart catheterization , cardiac catheterization , surgery
Post‐operative pulmonary complications in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery are mostly reversible. We report a patient who developed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) post‐CABG and did not have pulmonary hypertension prior to surgery. PAH Group 1 was diagnosed after right and left heart catheterization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only reported case of a patient developing PAH post‐CABG surgery. This could be explained by immunological and/or haemostatic changes triggered by cardiopulmonary bypass. We hope that as more knowledge is gained regarding the pathophysiology of PAH, cases like these could be better understood.