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Coronary Artery Bypass in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Total Autogenous Arterial Bypass
Author(s) -
Nishinaka Tomohiro,
Koyanagi Hitoshi,
Endo Masahiro,
Nishida Hiroshi
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1994.tb00874.x
Subject(s) - medicine , artery , bypass grafting , right gastroepiploic artery , cardiology , gastroepiploic artery , surgery
A bstract A 63‐year‐old man with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) underwent coronary artery bypass grafting using only arterial grafts, the left internal thoracic, and the right gas‐troepiploic arteries. This is the first report of coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with SLE using the gastroepiploic artery.