title: Cystic medical necrosis of the internal thoracic artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hake
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Dienes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oelert
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation