Coronary steal caused by a right gastroepiploic artery graft.
We report a patient with coronary artery steal after gastroepiploic artery grafting to the right coronary artery. The coronary artery steal syndrome involves reversed flow in the gastroepiploic artery, which siphons blood from the heart and results in myocardial ischemia.
Department of Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Kawasuji
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Tekemura
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Sakakibara
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Matsui
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Watanabe
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D014654:Vascular Patency