Angioplasty of pedicled right gastroepiploic artery graft through a six French diagnostic catheter

T S Kler; A Mathur; D K Jhamb; A Seth

Angioplasty of pedicled right gastroepiploic artery graft through a six French diagnostic catheter

J Invasive Cardiol. 1999 Oct;11(10):638-9.

Authors

T S Kler¹, A Mathur, D K Jhamb, A Seth

Affiliation

¹ Department of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center, Okhla Road, New Delhi 110025, India.

PMID: 10745450

Abstract

Pedicled right gastroepiploic artery is increasingly being used as a conduit for coronary artery bypass surgery. We describe an interesting case in which balloon angioplasty for stenosis in such a graft was performed through a 6 French diagnostic catheter.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
Gastroepiploic Artery / physiopathology*
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / etiology
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy*
Humans
Male