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Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury After Pacemaker Lead Implant—Case Report and Review of Literature

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We hereby report a case of a 75‐year‐old patient who developed a large left‐sided hemopneumothorax after a routine dual‐chamber pacemaker insertion. The rare complication was caused by the pacing lead injuring the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) after perforating the right ventricle.
Stuart Stenton, Rajiv Sharma, Bhattarai K B, Harry Jensen J   +3 more
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A Novel Dissection Method of the Internal Mammary (Thoracic) Artery: Anastomotic Vessel of the DIEP Flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023
Summary:. Deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps are commonly used for breast reconstruction using autologous tissue. For such free flaps, the internal mammary artery provides stable blood flow as the recipient for anastomosis.
Shigeki Sakai, MD, PhD, Ikki Yuzaki, MD, Hayato Nagashima, MD, PhD, Hiroki Kajita, MD, Tomoki Kiuchi, MD, Naohiro Ishii, MD, PhD, Kyoichi Matsuzaki, MD, PhD, Yoshifumi Takatsume, PhD, Kazuo Kishi, MD, PhD   +8 more
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Pseudoaneurysm of an Internal Mammary Artery Due to Tuberculosis

Amrita Journal of Medicine, 2022
Tuberculosis is the most common pulmonary infection in developing countries. Vascular complications are known to occur as a part of disease progression.
Jayabal Pandiaraja, Arumugam Shalini
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Protocol for the Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART). A randomised trial to compare survival following bilateral versus single internal mammary grafting in coronary revascularisation [ISRCTN46552265]

Trials, 2006
Background Standard coronary artery bypass graft surgery uses a single internal mammary artery and supplemental vein or radial artery grafts. Several observational studies have suggested a survival benefit with two internal mammary artery grafts compared
Flather Marcus, Altman Douglas G, Gray Alastair, Lees Belinda, Taggart David P, Channon Keith   +5 more
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Surgical management for large chest keloids with internal mammary artery perforator flap [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
Therapy for large symptomatic keloids is often plagued with complicated reconstruction manner and recurrence. This article reports a rare treatment combination for a chest keloid with internal mammary artery perforator flap reconstruction and radiation ...
Dan Xue, Huan Qian
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Coil embolization of bilateral internal mammary artery aneurysms in the setting of a heterozygous missense variant of unknown significance in COL5A1 and fibromuscular dysplasia

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2019
Internal mammary artery aneurysms are rare but serious clinical entities. Rupture results in hemothorax and can be life threatening. Most reported cases are pseudoaneurysms secondary to iatrogenic or traumatic causes.
Julia Fayanne Chen, MD, Dimitra Papanikolaou, MD, Arash Fereydooni, MS, Hamid Mojibian, MD, Alan Dardik, MD, PhD, Naiem Nassiri, MD   +5 more
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Anaortic off-pump bilateral internal mammary grafting in severe left ventricular dysfunction – Case report

Indian Heart Journal, 2016
A 64 years old male diabetic patient with ejection fraction of 16% and renal dysfunction underwent off-pump CABG using both in situ internal mammary artery grafts.
Kamales Kumar Saha, Saurab Goel, Ajay Kumar, Kakalee K. Saha   +3 more
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Successful treatment of a right internal mammary artery aneurysm with thoracoscopic surgery

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2019
Internal mammary artery aneurysms are rarely detected, with only a few cases caused by physical trauma, connective tissue diseases, and vasculitis having been reported.
Manami Miyazaki, MD, Hiroshi Nagamine, MD, Hiroiku Hara, MD, Hiroaki Sugita, MD, Yushi Kawase, MD   +4 more
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Near-fatal kinking of mammary graft due to emphysematous lung disease

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2018
Left internal mammary artery grafting is commonly used in elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery. We report a near-fatal case with graft kinking upon sternal closure due to distended, emphysematous lungs impinging on the mammary graft.
John T Denny, Sagar Mungekar, Benjamin R Landgraf, Valerie A McRae, Sajjad Ibrar, Geza K Kiss, Joyce Bonitz, Shaul Cohen, James T Tse   +8 more
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The pressure flow relationship of the internal mammary artery after offpump anastomosis to the left anterior descending coronary artery

SA Heart Journal, 2017
Objective: To assess the pressure flow relationship of the internal mammary artery (IMA) in situ, after skeletonisation and after anastomosis to the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery, using either halothane, sevoflurane or propofol as an ...
Mark B. Connellan, Stephanus J. Roos, André R. Coetzee, Gawie J. Rossouw   +3 more
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