Transcatheter embolization of an internal mammary artery bypass graft sidebranch causing coronary steal syndrome

R W Ayres; C T Lu; K H Benzuly; G A Hill; J D Rossen

doi:10.1002/ccd.1810310411

Transcatheter embolization of an internal mammary artery bypass graft sidebranch causing coronary steal syndrome

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1994 Apr;31(4):301-3. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810310411.

Authors

R W Ayres¹, C T Lu, K H Benzuly, G A Hill, J D Rossen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.

PMID: 8055571
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810310411

Abstract

We describe a 66-yr-old man with angina after internal mammary artery-coronary bypass grafting due to coronary artery steal by a sidebranch of the mammary artery. Myocardial ischemia was successfully treated by transcatheter embolization of the sidebranch.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease / surgery*
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
Humans
Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis*
Male
Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
Myocardial Ischemia / therapy*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Prostheses and Implants
Saphenous Vein / transplantation