Case Report
Recruitable patency of the internal mammary artery graft
Rollo P. Villareal MD,
Virendra S. Mathur MD,
Rollo P. Villareal MD
Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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Virendra S. Mathur MD
Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
6624 Fannin Suite 2480, Houston, TXSearch for more papers by this authorRollo P. Villareal MD,
Virendra S. Mathur MD,
Rollo P. Villareal MD
Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Virendra S. Mathur MD
Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
6624 Fannin Suite 2480, Houston, TXSearch for more papers by this authorFirst published: 02 January 2001
Citations: 3
Abstract
A 46-year-old man underwent two coronary bypass operations and three percutaneous interventions over a period of 18 years. A non-functioning internal mammary artery (IMA) graft, was observed shortly after the second surgery. This graft was anastomosed to the left anterior descending (LAD) that had adequate flow from an older vein graft placed during the first surgery. Over the ensuing 8 years, the IMA graft regained patency after progressive occlusive disease in the competing vein graft. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;52:95–99. © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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