A 24-year-old female with unstable angina due to aortitis syndrome was reported. The coronary-arteriogram in hospital showed 75 percent stenosis of the left coronary ostium. Following two months' steroid therapy for active inflammation, aortocoronary bypass graft was implanted. After the operation. This patient became free from angina attack. Steroid therapy was continued postoperatively as well. The coronary-arteriogram taken seven months after the operation, revealed the patency of the graft.
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Department of Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York; Division of Vascular Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York.
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