Pseudo-candy wrapper: bifocal radial artery graft spasm following stent implantation.
We encountered a case of intractable radial artery graft spasm after stent implantation which was partially responsive to nominal nitroglycerin therapy. We report this case with intravascular ultrasound imaging at the radial artery spasm site.
Kaneda
Hideaki
H
Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H3554, Stanford, CA 94305-5637, USA.
Nakamura
Mamoo
M
Fitzgerald
Peter J
PJ
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional