ELECTIVE STENTING OF A DE-NOVO OSTIAL LESION OF THE RIGHT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY

Elective stenting for severe stenosis involving the origin of a right internal mammary artery graft was performed in a 60-year-old patient w ith severe unstable angina 2 yr after surgical revascularization. The procedure had an excellent immediate result which persisted at 6-mo an giographic follow-up. This unusual localization of arterial narrowing will probably be increasingly recognized as the right internal mammary artery becomes a first-choice conduit for right coronary artery bypas s. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.