title: Aspiration of a mobile thromboembolus from saphenous vein graft.
abstract: An 81-year-old woman who was 4 years post 3-vessel coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery suffered a non-Q-wave myocardial infarction. Angiography revealed the recent occlusion of a saphenous vein graft (SVG) to an obtuse marginal coronary artery. Five days following failure of intragraft urokinase and systemic heparinization to recanalize the SVG, balloon angioplasty was undertaken. A mobile thrombus was observed to migrate spontaneously in a retrograde manner in the SVG and was removed during PTCA by aspiration through the guiding catheter.
authors.affiliation: St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kleiman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*