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FATAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS DEVELOPED IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS IN AORTOCORONAR VEIN GRAFT IN A HYPERLIPIDEMIC PATIENT
Author(s) -
Folk Erling
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series a :pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0164
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1984.tb04379.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary atherosclerosis , hyperlipidemia , vein , cardiology , coronary arteries , coronary vein , artery , surgery , coronary artery disease , diabetes mellitus , coronary sinus , endocrinology
It is generally believed that it takes decades to develop a complicated atherosclerotic plaque. This view is challenged by the present case describing a hyperlipidemic patient who died of vein graft atherosclerosis less than 4 years after otherwise successful coronary bypass surgery. Although the atherogenesis may be accelerated in autogenous coronary vein grafts compared with native coronary arteries, the present case illustrates that complicated atherosclerosis may develop in the course of only a few years if appropriate conditions prevail.