title: Optimal treatment of unligated side branch of internal mammary artery: Coil, amplatzer vascular plug or graft stent? A case report and literature review.
abstract: Coronary artery steal syndromes may occur following coronary artery bypass grafting as a result of the presence of large side-branches arising from the internal mammary artery (IMA). Coil embolization, Amplatzer Vascular Plug and graft stents are all used for the treatment of such syndromes. The literature contains limited data on the long-term success of these treatment methods. There is no large series regarding occluded IMA side branches causing coronary steal phenomena, and data on long-term follow-up of this treatment method is also very limited. This report presented two cases and their treatment, and reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of treatment methods and the factors that affect successful treatment.
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Cardiology, Special Grand Medical Hospital, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Özyurtlu
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Cardiology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Acet
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Cardiology, İzmir University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Emre
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Özpelit
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Cardiology, İzmir University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pekel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery