Internal mammary vein to coronary artery anastomotic fistula
β Scribed by Aroney, Constantine N. ;Davison, Malcolm B. ;Stafford, E. Gregory ;O'Brien, Mark F.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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β¦ Synopsis
Two patients are presented where internal mammary artery grafting was performed for the relief of symptomatic coronary artery disease. At follow-up the internal mammary artery was occluded and a communication between the internal mammary vein and the natlve coronary artery was demonstrated. These patients were characterised by the early recurrence of angina or the appearance of a continuous murmur. Both patients were treated by re-operation with ligation of the arterlo-venous fistula and saphenous vein grafting. 8 ISM Wiiey-Lias, tnc.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
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