title: Extraction atherectomy during myocardial infarction in a patient with prior coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: In this case report of a patient presenting with an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction, the infarct conduit was a saphenous vein graft. Extraction atherectomy using the TEC successfully reestablished patency and reversed the patient's clinical symptoms. Extraction atherectomy is a feasible procedure during acute coronary events and deserves further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania/Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lasorda
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Incorvati
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Randall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*