Electrical storm after coronary artery bypass grafting due to a kinked left internal mammary artery graft.
Ischemic postoperative ventricular arrhythmias may complicate coronary artery bypass surgery, and may be difficult to treat unless the ischemic substrate is rescued. This report describes a case of a kinked graft that caused incessant polymorphic ventricular arrhythmia. The treatment was surgical correction of the crook.
Perzanowski
Christian
C
Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92354, USA.
Pai
Sudha M
SM
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery