Open AccessCongenital hypopituitarism: Monitoring after coronary artery bypass grafting
Author(s) -
Stavros Siminelakis,
Angeliki Kotsanti,
Nikolaos G Baikoussis,
Maria Andrikoula,
Eleni Bairaktari,
George Α. Papadopoulos
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.69051
Subject(s) - medicine , hypopituitarism , bypass grafting , artery , unstable angina , angina , cardiology , cardiac surgery , coronary artery disease , stenosis , surgery , coronary heart disease , myocardial infarction
Cardiovascular disease in patients with congenital hypopituitarism is not rare; however, there is a lack of reports referring to cardiac interventions in such patients. We present a 76-year-old man with complete pituitary hormone deficiency, who presented with recurrent events of unstable angina. He had a significant stenosis of the left anterior descending artery and he underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass. Our aim is to present the successful management of this patient with congenital hypopituitarism who underwent cardiac surgery and to review the relevant literature.