Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for a Young Adult Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Abstract

Patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) have an increased risk of atherothrombotic complications, such as cerebrovascular events and myocardial infarction. The case of a young adult patient of APS associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who had severe stenosis of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and total occlusion of right coronary artery (RCA) on angiography and was successfully treated with off pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) is reported.