ABSTRACT
Relata-se um caso de cardiopatia isquêmica como manifestação inicial da arterite de Takayasu (AT). Paciente internada para cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica(CRVM), devido à angina estável e lesão isolada do tronco de coronária esquerda, apresentava alterações vasculares ao exame físico que sugeriram o diagnóstico de AT. O presente caso leva à reflexão sobre a pesquisa de etiologias alternativas à doença aterosclerótica coronariana, especialmente em indivíduos jovens ou com poucos fatores de risco. O acometimento da artéria coronária na AT, embora infrequente se comparado a outras lesões vasculares encontradas nesta doença, determina elevada morbimortalidade.
Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Takayasu Arteritis/complications , Takayasu Arteritis/diagnosis , Coronary Artery Disease/complications , Coronary Artery Disease/diagnosis , Truncus Arteriosus/injuries , Myocardial Ischemia/complications , Myocardial Ischemia/diagnosis , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
In recent years there has been some improvement in surgical and interventional techniques that have modified the classical indications making them more risky. Left main coronary stenoses are even more dreadful lesions, and the results of percutaneous management are odd with varying mortality (10-12 per cent on average), and high morbidity. Moreover we have small number of cases in the literature. Comparing these results with surgery, we find the later to be safer with mortality under 4 per cent, low morbidity and a long term experience in the management of this pathology. Results, moreover, tend to favor surgery in the coronary restenosis in spite of the use of stents.