Congenital hypopituitarism: monitoring after coronary artery bypass grafting

Ann Card Anaesth. 2010 Sep-Dec;13(3):257-9. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.69051.

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease in patients with congenital hypopituitarism is not rare; however, there is a lack of reports referring to cardiac interventions in such patients. We present a 76-year-old man with complete pituitary hormone deficiency, who presented with recurrent events of unstable angina. He had a significant stenosis of the left anterior descending artery and he underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass. Our aim is to present the successful management of this patient with congenital hypopituitarism who underwent cardiac surgery and to review the relevant literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angina, Unstable / complications
  • Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / methods*
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery
  • Dwarfism, Pituitary / complications*
  • Humans
  • Hypopituitarism / complications*
  • Hypopituitarism / congenital*
  • Male
  • Mammary Arteries / transplantation
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative
  • Pituitary Hormones / blood

Substances

  • Pituitary Hormones