title: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of a surgically obstructed left internal mammary artery graft.
abstract: We describe a case of an angioplasty of left internal mammary artery. This case had had a recent surgery and was found to have a stenosis at the site of a surgical clip. This was successfully dilated, and the patient became asymptomatic. Follow-up at one year revealed continual improvement.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Marquis
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Higginson
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*