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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2011.063
Anesthetic approach to the patients with scleroderma at coronary artery surgery: two case reports
Tamer Aksoy1, İsmail Haberal2, Esra Ertürk2, Yılmaz Zorman2, Mahmut Akyıldız2, Orhan Fındık3
1Maltepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul
2Maltepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul
3Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, İstanbul
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2011.063
Scleroderma is a progressive connective tissue disease
characterized by multiple-organ involvement. Altough the
lesions are mostly seen in microvascular bed, in rare cases
coronary and peripheral arteries are also affected. In this
article, we report the problems and management strategies
in two scleroderma patients at an intensive care unit after
coronary artery bypass surgery.
Keywords : Anesthesia; coronary artery bypass surgery; scleroderma
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