title: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the left internal thoracic artery graft: a case report in a child.
abstract: A 9-year-old girl who had undergone previous coronary artery bypass surgery at the age of 3.5 years for stenoses of the left anterior descending and right coronary arteries resulting from Kawasaki disease presented with recurrent exertional angina. Stenosis was found at the anastomosis of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending artery. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was successfully performed. This is the first reported case of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of an internal thoracic artery graft in a child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery III, Nara Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation