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Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with HIV
Author(s) -
Bethuyne N,
Lacor P,
Goldstein JP,
Deuvaert FE
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
hiv medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.53
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1468-1293
pISSN - 1464-2662
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2005.00258.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , artery , cardiology , bypass grafting , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , surgery , immunology , environmental health
We report a successful case of a conventional coronary artery bypass operation performed in a patient with HIV infection and severe three‐vessel coronary artery disease. The signal change in outcome of HIV disease, in addition to the reported evidence for accelerated atherosclerosis caused by the disease itself and by its treatment with protease inhibitors, is likely to produce a larger population of HIV‐infected patients developing premature coronary artery disease for whom cardiac surgery will be required. Surgical risk, outcome and operative team risk are discussed.