Syed A U, Al Fagih M R, Fouda M
Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001 Dec;20(6):1264-6. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)01006-5.
We present a small series of patients with Sheehan's syndrome (postpartum panhypopituitarism) and coronary artery disease. All four had uneventful coronary bypass grafting. We have successfully managed these patients peri-operatively by using intravenous hydrocortisone and oral thyroxin replacement.