Combined off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and thyroidectomy

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Aug;88(2):661-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.072.

Abstract

A 70-year-old Indian woman presented with an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction and a large multinodular goiter causing tracheal compression and dyspnea. Coronary artery angiography revealed severe triple-vessel disease, with an 80% occlusion of the left main stem, necessitating early coronary artery bypass grafting combined with total thyroidectomy. The procedure was performed successfully. At the 1-year follow-up, the patient remains euthyroid and in New York Heart Association functional class I. This case provides further evidence that combined coronary artery bypass grafting and total thyroidectomy is both feasible and safe.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump*
  • Female
  • Goiter, Nodular / complications
  • Goiter, Nodular / diagnostic imaging
  • Goiter, Nodular / epidemiology*
  • Goiter, Nodular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tracheal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Tracheal Diseases / etiology