title: Electrical storm after coronary artery bypass grafting due to a kinked left internal mammary artery graft.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92354, USA.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perzanowski
authors.forename: Sudha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pai
mesh_terms: 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