Internal mammary artery grafts and competitive flow. Controversies persist.
We report one case in which chronic native competitive flow from an almost normal target coronary artery did not influence IMA graft patency. This patient underwent control postoperative angiography 11 months after surgery and the mammary artery-left anterior descending graft was found to be normofunctioning despite the fact that the coronary artery showed no residual stenosis.
Gaudino
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Bruno
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P
Piancone
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FL
Pragliola
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C
Manzoli
A
A
Possati
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G
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology*; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation