Dislodgement of a vein graft thrombus by angiographic injection of native coronary artery.
A case of retrograde dislodgement of thrombus in a saphenous vein graft during injection of the native right coronary artery is presented. Attention to this previously undescribed complication may allow for timely treatment with emergency surgery or thrombolysis.
Evans
B H
BH
Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048.
Schapira
J N
JN
Eigler
N L
NL
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*