The Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft

Farshad Forouzandeh, MD, PhD; John S. Douglas, Jr., MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2019)

The Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft

Farshad Forouzandeh, MD, PhD,
John S. Douglas, Jr., MD

Affiliations

Farshad Forouzandeh, MD, PhD: University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Address for correspondence: Dr. Farshad Forouzandeh, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Ave, Mailstop LKS 5038, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
John S. Douglas, Jr., MD: Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 168 – 170

Abstract

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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 occlusion and underwent a second PCI. However, there was a residual disruption of LIMA, subsequently, the patient was found to have complete LIMA recanalization, which emphasized the self-reparative nature of LIMA. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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