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The Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft [PDF]
After an unsuccessful left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to left anterior descending percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in an outside hospital, a patient presented with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. The patient was found to have LIMA
Farshad Forouzandeh, MD, PhD +1 more
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Dynamic Kinking of Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft [PDF]
A 61-year-old man with history of coronary artery disease and coronary artery bypass graft presented with chest pain. A left heart catheterization showed a new kink in the body of his left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery graft.
Chieh-Ju Chao, MD, F. David Fortuin, MD
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A Complex Left Internal Mammary Artery Intervention. [PDF]
There is a variety of conduits utilized as vascular grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Post-CABG graft rate of failure varies depending on the type of conduit used, with the highest failure rates seen in saphenous vein grafts (SVG). Patency rates of SVG are reported to be about 75% at 12-18 months.
Ahmad M, Pant K, Henien M, Rashid J.
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Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft-to-Pulmonary Artery Fistula
An 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of an acute coronary syndrome. He had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 12 years ago, which involved a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery.
Emmanouil Petrou, Ioannis Iakovou
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Spontaneous Recanalized Thrombus in the Left Internal Mammary Artery. [PDF]
We report a conspicuous lesion in the proximal to ostial segment of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) occurring 28 years post-intervention in an 87-year-old man.The patient reported dyspnea on exertion. Intracoronary imaging revealed a spontaneous recanalized thrombus, which is a rare and mostly underdiagnosed entity.
Chourdakis E +3 more
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Left Internal Mammary Artery-to-Pulmonary Vein Fistula: A Rare Cause of Unstable Angina [PDF]
The incidence of acquired left internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary vein fistulas has been increasing in the last few decades. This has been attributed to the increase in coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).
Ebubechukwu Ezeh MD +6 more
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Anatomical Variation of Left Internal Mammary Artery and Thyrocervical Trunk: A Case Report [PDF]
We report a rare case of a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) originating from the left thyrocervical trunk (TCT), which arose directly from the aortic arch.
Ji-Yeon Han, Jinwook Baek
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Dissection of a Left Internal Mammary Artery Bypass. [PDF]
Weyand S, Löbig S, Seizer P.
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Total arterial revascularization with left internal mammary artery
A 65-year-old male patient, with a history of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, ischemicheart disease and smoking, underwent a coronary angiography that showed proximal and distal lesions in the left anterior descending artery, and ...
Carlos M. Osorio Gómez
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The combination of breast necrosis and chylothorax following the OPCAB [PDF]
Due to long term patency, the internal mammary artery is considered as a conduit of choice for revascularization of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
Feridoun Sabzi, Alireza Yaghoubi
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