Stent implantation in a left anterior descending coronary artery through an internal mammary artery graft.
We describe a case of balloon angioplasty of a totally occluded left anterior descending coronary artery through a tortuous left internal mammary artery graft. Because of early recurrence of the lesion, we implanted a short Palmaz-Schatz stent with good angiographic and clinical results.
Rubartelli
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II Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Vischi
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Giachero
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Solinas
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D014654:Vascular Patency