title: Internal mammary artery perfusing Leriche's syndrome in association with significant coronary arteriosclerosis: four case reports and review of literature.
abstract: Four cases of collateral perfusion of a lower extremity by way of an internal mammary artery in the presence of Leriche's syndrome are described. Angiographic documentation preceding coronary artery bypass grafting prevented an acutely ischemic leg in two of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Florida Hospital and Florida Heart Institute, Orlando, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clements
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D007925:Leriche Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation