A rare connection by newly formed conduit vessels between the left internal mammalian artery and radial artery bypass grafts after failure of grafts

Yoritaka Otsuka; Futoshi Yamanaka; Takafumi Yamane; Taichi Adachi; Eiji Tada; Nobuhito Yagi; Yu Kataoka; Yoichiro Kasahara; Hiroshi Nonogi

doi:10.1007/s00380-010-0062-8

A rare connection by newly formed conduit vessels between the left internal mammalian artery and radial artery bypass grafts after failure of grafts

Heart Vessels. 2011 Mar;26(2):226-30. doi: 10.1007/s00380-010-0062-8. Epub 2010 Nov 26.

Authors

Yoritaka Otsuka¹, Futoshi Yamanaka, Takafumi Yamane, Taichi Adachi, Eiji Tada, Nobuhito Yagi, Yu Kataoka, Yoichiro Kasahara, Hiroshi Nonogi

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 21110201
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-010-0062-8

Abstract

Neovascularization such as formation of collateral vessels following total occlusion of native coronary artery is common in coronary artery disease. This is a case report of a very rare connection by newly formed conduit vessels between the left internal mammalian artery and the radial artery establishing bypass, which occurred after failure of bypass grafts.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
Collateral Circulation*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
Coronary Circulation*
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnosis
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / etiology
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / physiopathology
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy*
Humans
Male
Mammary Arteries / diagnostic imaging
Mammary Arteries / physiopathology
Mammary Arteries / surgery*
Radial Artery / diagnostic imaging
Radial Artery / physiopathology
Radial Artery / transplantation*
Reoperation
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Interventional
Vascular Patency