title: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: is the left internal mammary artery a suitable conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting?
abstract: Coronary artery revascularization remains a feasible and beneficial treatment for coronary artery disease in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Careful angiographic evaluation of the left internal mammary artery and coronary arteries is required in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum with suspected coronary artery disease. A nonstenosed left internal mammary artery at angiography may be used as a conduit for coronary artery revascularization; however, both the effect of harvest and anastomosis on the disease process in the left internal mammary artery and the long-term patency of left internal mammary artery grafts remain unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. jimiliopoulos@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iliopoulos
authors.forename: Con
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manganas
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jepson
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation