Ischemia induced by coronary steal through a patent mammary artery side branch: A role for embolization

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Nuno Moreno (Author) Other; Alexandra da Silva Castro (Author) Other; Adriana Pereira (Author) Other; Joao Carlos Silva (Author) Other; Pedro Bernardo Almeida (Author) Other; Aurora Andrade (Author) Other; Maria Julia Maciel (Author) FMUP; Paula Pinto (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Vol. 32

Pages: 531-534

ISSN: 0304-4750

Publisher: Sociedade Portuguesa De Cardiologia

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

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Authenticus ID: P-006-A8G

DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.09.011

Abstract (EN): Non-occlusion of the internal mammary artery side branches may cause ischemia due to flow diversion after coronary artery bypass grafting. The authors present the case of a 67-year-old man with recurrent angina after undergoing myocardial revascularization with a left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending bypass. He presented with impaired anterior wall myocardial perfusion in the setting of a patent left internal mammary artery side branch. Effective percutaneous treatment was carried out through coil embolization, with improved flow and clinical symptoms, confirmed through ischemia testing. Coronary steal through a patent mammary artery side branch is a controversial phenomenon and this type of intervention should be considered only in carefully selected patients.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Moreno N, Castro AS, Pereira QA, Silva JC, Almeida PB, Andrade A, Maciel MJ, Pinto P. Ischemia induced by coronary steal through a patent mammary artery side branch: A role for embolization. Rev Port Cardiol. 2013;32(6):531-534

No. of pages: 4