Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(2):106-109

Early graft thrombosis following CABG due to antithrombin-III deficiency

Bezak B, Hudec V, Artemiou P, Hulman M

Clinic of Cardiac surgery, The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Early graft failure after coronary bypass grafting is a serious complication which may result in acute myocardial ischemia. In this report we present the case of a 79-year-old female patient with repeated multiple graft thrombosis of initially unclear origin which, after further investigation, was most likely caused by acquired antithrombin III deficiency. Although antithrombin III deficiency is a rare complication, in the case of simultaneous acute grafts thrombosis after cardiac revascularization surgery, it should be considered as a probable cause.

Keywords: multiple early graft thrombosis; coronary artery bypass grafting; acquired AT III deficiency

Published: February 1, 2018  Show citation