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Perioperative Management of Takayasu Arteritis for Cardiac Surgery in a Patient Treated With Tocilizumab.


ABSTRACT: We describe the case of a young woman with Takayasu arteritis with severe stenosis in the main trunk of the left coronary artery. After administration of prednisolone and tocilizumab to control disease activity, coronary artery bypass grafting was performed. Here, we report the successful perioperative management of this cardiac surgery. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

SUBMITTER: Arita Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8304533 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perioperative Management of Takayasu Arteritis for Cardiac Surgery in a Patient Treated With Tocilizumab.

Arita Yoh Y   Nakaoka Yoshikazu Y   Eda Yuko Y   Kitabayashi Katsukiyo K   Hasegawa Shinji S  

JACC. Case reports 20201007 15


We describe the case of a young woman with Takayasu arteritis with severe stenosis in the main trunk of the left coronary artery. After administration of prednisolone and tocilizumab to control disease activity, coronary artery bypass grafting was performed. Here, we report the successful perioperative management of this cardiac surgery. (<b>Level of Difficulty: Advanced.</b>). ...[more]

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