Extensive Endarterectomy, Onlay Patch, and Internal Mammary Bypass of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery
โ Scribed by Nainar Madhu Sankar; Velivela Satyaprasad; Sethurathinam Rajan; Vellayikodath Velayudhan Bashi; Kotturathu Mammen Cherian
- Book ID
- 109218670
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 808 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0886-0440
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A case is described in which a pericardial branch of a nongrafted left internal mammary artery communicated directly with the distal left anterior descending artery, following saphenous vein bypass grafting. This type of collateralization following coronary artery bypass surgery seems to be very rar
The use of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to graft a borderline lesion in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) has been associated with distal narrowing and occlusion of the LIMA. We present a patient in whom the LIMA occluded 1 year after coronary artery bypass, but was found