Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the left internal thoracic artery graft: a case report of a child operated on for anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
We report a case of an 8-year-old girl operated on with left internal thoracic artery-coronary artery anastomosis for anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, in whom an early stenosis of the graft was successfully treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
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Servizio di Cardiologia, Istituto G. Gaslini, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16148 Genova, Italy.
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery