PSEUDOANEURYSM FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL EXCIMER-LASER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY OF A RESTENOTIC LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFT OSTIAL LESION

Although significant left internal mammary artery graft ostial stenosi s is extremely rare, the clinical importance can be profound. In this report we describe a case in which a restenotic left internal mammary artery graft ostial lesion was successfully opened with excimer laser coronary angioplasty. A resulting pseudoaneurysm spontaneously closed after conservative therapy.