ANGIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF A CAROTID SUBCLAVIAN BYPASS GRAFT IN A PATIENT WITH SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY-STENOSIS AND LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
Ac. Rossum et al., ANGIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF A CAROTID SUBCLAVIAN BYPASS GRAFT IN A PATIENT WITH SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY-STENOSIS AND LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 32(2), 1994, pp. 178-181
The incidence of coronary subclavian steal syndrome is estimated to be
0.4%. When revascularization is necessary, the preferred technique is
the carotid-subclavian bypass graft. Failure of a carotid-subclavian
graft is rare. We present a patient with subclavian stenosis who requi
red reevaluation of both the carotid subclavian conduit and the left i
nternal mammary bypass graft. A combined femoral and left brachial app
roach is recommended for evaluating the carotid-subclavian graft and l
eft internal mammary artery graft in patients with bypassed subclavian
artery stenosis and prior myocardial revascularization. (C) 1994 Wile
y-Liss, Inc.