title: Transcatheter coil occlusion for treatment of left internal mammary-anterior descending artery steal phenomenon.
abstract: A 60-yr-old female with previous bypass surgery including LIMA-LAD graft presented with unstable angina due to steal phenomenon caused by a large pectoral branch of LIMA. Transcatheter coil occlusion of the pectoral branch was successfully performed. This procedure should be considered in similar cases.
authors: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors: F K
authors: FK
authors: Nakhjavan
authors: H A
authors: HA
authors: Koolpe
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bruss
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Najmi
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Radke
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*