Elective stenting of a de novo ostial lesion of the right internal mammary artery.
Elective stenting for severe stenosis involving the origin of a right internal mammary artery graft was performed in a 60-year-old patient with severe unstable angina 2 yr after surgical revascularization. The procedure had an excellent immediate result which persisted at 6-mo angiographic follow-up. This unusual localization of arterial narrowing will probably be increasingly recognized as the right internal mammary artery becomes a first-choice conduit for right coronary artery bypass.
Bedogni
F
F
Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy.
La Vecchia
L
L
D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015607:Stents