PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY OF THE LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT - A CASE-REPORT IN A CHILD

Authors
KAWATA T HASEGAWA J YOSHIDA Y YOSHIKAWA Y KAWACHI K KITAMURA S
Citation
T. Kawata et al., PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY OF THE LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT - A CASE-REPORT IN A CHILD, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 32(4), 1994, pp. 340-342
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
340 - 342
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1994)32:4<340:PTCAOT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A 9-year-old girl who had undergone previous coronary artery bypass su rgery at the age of 3.5 years for stenoses of the left anterior descen ding and right coronary arteries resulting from Kawasaki disease prese nted with recurrent exertional angina. Stenosis was found at the anast omosis of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior desce nding artery. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was succe ssfully performed. This is the first reported case of percutaneous tra nsluminal coronary angioplasty of an internal thoracic artery graft in a child. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.