Follow-up of internal mammary artery stent with 64-slice CT

Filippo Cademartiri; Alessandro Palumbo; Erica Maffei; Giancarlo Casolo; Nico R A Mollet; Bob W Meijboom; Jurgen M Ligthart

doi:10.1007/s10554-006-9172-x

Follow-up of internal mammary artery stent with 64-slice CT

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2007 Aug;23(4):537-9. doi: 10.1007/s10554-006-9172-x. Epub 2007 Feb 9.

Authors

Filippo Cademartiri¹, Alessandro Palumbo, Erica Maffei, Giancarlo Casolo, Nico R A Mollet, Bob W Meijboom, Jurgen M Ligthart

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology and Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands. [email protected]

PMID: 17294058
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9172-x

Abstract

We present a case of 81-year-old woman complaining chest pain after minimal efforts who underwent multiple coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) during the last 15 years. A significant in-stent re-stenosis was found at ostium of left internal mammary artery (LIMA). A non-invasive CT coronary angiography (CT-CA) was performed after 6-month follow-up. CT-CA is a reliable non-invasive technique for the follow-up of stents in coronary artery bypass grafts.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / physiopathology
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / therapy*
Constriction, Pathologic
Coronary Angiography / methods*
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / adverse effects*
Mammary Arteries / diagnostic imaging*
Mammary Arteries / physiopathology
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Stents*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency