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

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...

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Main Authors: Nuno Moreno, Alexandra da Silva Castro, Adriana Pereira, João Carlos Silva, Pedro Bernardo Almeida, Aurora Andrade, Maria Júlia Maciel, Paula Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255113001170