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

Yoh Arita, Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Yuko Eda, Katsukiyo Kitabayashi, Shinji Hasegawa

2020JACC Case Reports11 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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.)

Topics & Concepts

MedicineTocilizumabPerioperativeCardiologyTakayasu arteritisCardiac surgeryInternal medicinePrednisoloneTakayasu's arteritisArteryBypass graftingTrunkCoronary artery diseaseSurgeryArteritisVasculitisDiseaseEcologyBiologyVasculitis and related conditionsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchAtherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases