CORONARY STEAL CAUSED BY A RIGHT GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY GRAFT

Authors
KAWASUJI M TEKEMURA H SAKAKIBARA N MATSUI O WATANABE Y
Citation
M. Kawasuji et al., CORONARY STEAL CAUSED BY A RIGHT GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY GRAFT, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 57(6), 1994, pp. 1645-1647
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
57
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1645 - 1647
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)57:6<1645:CSCBAR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report a patient with coronary artery steal after gastroepiploic ar tery grafting to the coronary artery. The coronary artery steal syndro me involves reversed flow in the gastroepiploic artery, which siphons blood from the heart and results in myocardial ischemia.