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Coronary artery bypass grafting in inflammatory bowel disease: two case reports

Yüksel Dereli¹, Ömer Tanyeli¹, Özgür Altınbaş¹, İlker Dal², Niyazi Görmüş<sup>1

1</sup>Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siirt State Hospital, Siirt, Turkey

Keywords: Beating heart; Crohn’s disease; inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis

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The administration of coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary artery disease with inflammatory bowel disease has been rarely reported. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have an increased risk for thrombotic events. Also, inflammatory bowel disease is seen in the protein-losing enteropathy and development of heparin resistance is associated with a deficiency of antithrombin III. In this article, we present two cases with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

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