Journal of cardiac surgery
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Case Reports
Coronary artery bypass in systemic lupus erythematosus using total autogenous arterial bypass.
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 gastroepiploic arteries. This is the first report of coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with SLE using the gastroepiploic artery.
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Closure of a persistent ductus arteriosus through a median sternotomy on cardiopulmonary bypass in a 24-year-old man resulted in a tear of the descending aorta below the ductus. The repair of the aortic injury was attempted with deep hypothermia and low arterial flow, which resulted in massive air embolism of the aorta, the central arteries, and the arterial line. Air was expelled by reverse and perfusion by connecting the arterial line to the venous cannula in the superior vena cava. The patient was discharged from the hospital without neurological consequences.