Transcatheter embolization of a bronchial side branch of the internal mammary artery for the treatment of a coronary steal phenomenon.
We present a 58-yr-old woman with unstable angina due to a coronary steal phenomenon down a bronchial side branch draining into the pulmonary circulation, 1 yr after coronary bypass grafting. The patient was cured of angina pectoris after microcoil embolization of the bronchial side branch.
Paelinck
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Department of Cardiology, General Hospital Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Kunnen
J
J
Van den Branden
F
F
Vermeersch
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P
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology