Anesthetic approach to the patients with scleroderma at coronary artery surgery: two case reports

Tamer Aksoy,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2011.063

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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