Five Vessel Coronary Arter Bypass Graft Surgery in a Case with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Volume: 39 Number: 4 July 22, 2014
Süreyya Talay , Burçin Abud
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Five Vessel Coronary Arter Bypass Graft Surgery in a Case with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Abstract

We report a case of a rare and sypmtomatic familyal hypercholesterolemia case with an end-point of coronary artery bypass surgery at the age of 16. Patient was evaluated at the emergency department with chest pain and discomfort. Physical examination were within normal limits. The electrocardiogram showed a normal sinus rhythm for 108/ min. Arterial blood pressure was 90/60 mmHg. Lungs and heart were clear to auscultation. Patient was under treatment with a prior diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) for one year by daily 40 mgs rosuvastatine. A coronary artery angiography was performed for chest pain. Multivessel coronary artery disease was diagnosed with a total occlusion of left anterior descending artery. Transthoracic echocardiography presented a left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction 50%, LV diameters 44/26 mm, aneurysm formation at interatrial septum and mild dyskinesia of anterior wall. Thus, a five vessel emergent coronary artery graft bypass surgery was performed at this early age. FH is with a severe elevation in total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) in an autosomal dominant characteristic disorder that approximately occurs in 1 per 500 persons by its heterozygous form. FH is most certainly associated with premature coronary artery disease (CAD) with catasthrophic early age results.

Keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery bypass surgery, early age

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MLA
Talay, Süreyya, and Burçin Abud. “Familyal Hiperkolesterolemisi Olan Bir Hastada Beş Damar Koroner Arter Bypass Cerrahisi”. Cukurova Medical Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, Dec. 2014, doi:10.17826/cutf.11673.