[Percutaneous intervention to a radial coronary artery graft. Initial results and follow-up].
The use of radial artery grafts for coronary bypass surgery is becoming more frequent. However, experience with percutaneous coronary intervention for radial artery graft failure is limited. We describe a patient with a radial artery graft in whom angina reappeared because of de novo stenosis in the graft. The patient was successfully treated with balloon angioplasty and stenting. At 6 months he again had angina due to a second de novo stenosis of the radial artery graft, which was also treated with angioplasty. At follow-up the patient remained asymptomatic with no evidence of ischemia.
Beloscar
Adrián
A
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain. beloscar@wanadoo.es
Guarinos
Jordi
J
Gutiérrez
Luis
L
Lechuga
Iñigo
I
Bardají
Alfredo
A
Ridao
Cristóbal
C
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000637:transplantation*