Siminelakis Stavros, Kotsanti Angeliki, Baikoussis Nikolaos G, Andrikoula Maria, Bairaktari Eleni, Papadopoulos George
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.
Ann Card Anaesth. 2010 Sep-Dec;13(3):257-9. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.69051.
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.