Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient with Buerger's Disease

Buerger ’s disease, vasculitis of small and medium-sized blood vessels, is a non-atherosclerotic and progressive occlusive condition which frequently involves the distal part of the limbs. The occlusion of coronary arteries in Buerger’s disease is a rare condition; however, coronary artery dissection ha s not been reported previously. Therefore, this paper presents a 45-year-old man who developed coronary artery dissection associated with Buerger’s disease. The patient was treated successfully with coronary artery bypass grafting with the left internal mammary artery to the left anterior descendi ng artery, and saphenous vein graft to the right coronary artery.
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research