title: Coronary artery spasm and ventricular fibrillation after off-pump coronary surgery.
abstract: Native coronary artery or bypass graft spasm is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting. This report presents angiographic documentation of native coronary artery spasm following successful multivessel off-pump coronary revascularization, which caused myocardial ischemia leading to inferior wall myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillatory arrest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. bittn006@tc.umn.edu
authors.forename: Hartmuth B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Bittner
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*