title: Unligated left internal mammary artery side branch resulting in coronary artery steal syndrome.
abstract: Whether internal mammary artery side branches have the potential for hemodynamically significant flow steal in cases of postcoronary surgery ischemia remains a controversial issue. We present a case in which coil embolization of two unligated side branches resulted in symptomatic improvement and resolution of ischemia as evidenced by myoview imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, George Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. e_halvatzoulis@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chalvatzoulis
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ananiadou
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madesis
authors.forename: Theofilos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Christoforidis
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Katsaridis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drossos
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*