Cystic medical necrosis of the internal thoracic artery.
In an internal thoracic artery intended as a graft in coronary angioplasty, multiple intramural haematomas impeded blood flow and consequently precluded use of the artery as a free graft. The cause was found to be cystic medical necrosis of the internal thoracic artery. A good result was obtained with three single aorto-coronary venous bypass grafts.
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Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
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Hilker
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation