A rare connection by newly formed conduit vessels between the left internal mammalian artery and radial artery bypass grafts after failure of grafts.
Neovascularization such as formation of collateral vessels following total occlusion of native coronary artery is common in coronary artery disease. This is a case report of a very rare connection by newly formed conduit vessels between the left internal mammalian artery and the radial artery establishing bypass, which occurred after failure of bypass grafts.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. yotsuka@f-wajirohp.jp
Yoritaka
Y
Otsuka
Futoshi
F
Yamanaka
Takafumi
T
Yamane
Taichi
T
Adachi
Eiji
E
Tada
Nobuhito
N
Yagi
Yu
Y
Kataoka
Yoichiro
Y
Kasahara
Hiroshi
H
Nonogi
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014654:Vascular Patency