Coronary Revascularization in Children at a Mexican Cardiac Center: Thirteen-Year Outcomes.

Background: The indications for pediatric coronary revascularization are diverse. There are a large proportion of patients with sequelae of severe inflammatory diseases such as Kawasaki disease, and other less common causes.

Methods: Retrospective review of ten pediatric patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery from January 2004 to December 2016.

Participation of oleic acid in the formation of the aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome patients.

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is associated with progressive aortic dilatation and endothelial dysfunction that lead to early acute dissection and rupture of the aorta and sudden death. Alteration in fatty acid (FA) metabolism can stimulate nitric oxide (NO) overproduction which increases the activity of the inducible form of NO synthase (iNOS) that is involved in endothelial dysfunction. We evaluated the participation of FA in the formation of thoracic aneurysms in MFS and its relation to the iNOS.