Transcatheter coil occlusion for treatment of left internal mammary-anterior descending artery steal phenomenon.
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.
Nakhjavan
F K
FK
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Koolpe
H A
HA
Bruss
J
J
Najmi
M
M
Radke
T
T
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*