Repeat Revascularization for Severe Recurrent Coronary Artery Disease in a Young Woman With Takayasu Arteritis

Mahesh V. Madhavan, MD; Ellie J. Coromilas, MD; Timothy J. Poterucha, MD; Shepard D. Weiner, MD; Craig R. Smith, MD; Megha Prasad, MD, MS; Dimitri Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD; Tamim M. Nazif, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Repeat Revascularization for Severe Recurrent Coronary Artery Disease in a Young Woman With Takayasu Arteritis

Mahesh V. Madhavan, MD,
Ellie J. Coromilas, MD,
Timothy J. Poterucha, MD,
Shepard D. Weiner, MD,
Craig R. Smith, MD,
Megha Prasad, MD, MS,
Dimitri Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD,
Tamim M. Nazif, MD

Affiliations

Mahesh V. Madhavan, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York; Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Ellie J. Coromilas, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
Timothy J. Poterucha, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
Shepard D. Weiner, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
Craig R. Smith, MD: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
Megha Prasad, MD, MS: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York; Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Dimitri Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York; Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Tamim M. Nazif, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York; Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York; Address for correspondence: Dr. Tamim M. Nazif, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, Herbert Irving Pavilion, New York, New York 10032.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 77 – 81

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A young woman with Takayasu arteritis presented with an acute coronary syndrome with ostial left main coronary artery stenosis. She underwent urgent coronary artery bypass surgery but developed recurrent symptoms 6 months later owing to graft failure. She was treated with percutaneous coronary intervention with resolution of her symptoms. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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