title: Transcatheter embolization of an internal mammary artery bypass graft sidebranch causing coronary steal syndrome.
abstract: We describe a 66-yr-old man with angina after internal mammary artery-coronary bypass grafting due to coronary artery steal by a sidebranch of the mammary artery. Myocardial ischemia was successfully treated by transcatheter embolization of the sidebranch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ayres
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Benzuly
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rossen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation