title: Restoration of patency of left internal mammary artery graft with progression of the underlying left anterior descending coronary artery disease.
abstract: The use of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to graft a borderline lesion in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) has been associated with distal narrowing and occlusion of the LIMA. We present a patient in whom the LIMA occluded 1 year after coronary artery bypass, but was found to be fully patent 4 years later, after progression of the native LAD disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Shamoon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Haft
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D019233:Retreatment