Spontaneous Recanalization of an Occluded Left Internal Mammary Graft after Documented Atresia
Published: 2022-04-05
Page: 136-139
Issue: 2022 - Volume 5 [Issue 1]
Sergey Yalonetsky *
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Rambam Healtcare Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Yair Feld
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Rambam Healtcare Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Amir Solomonica
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Rambam Healtcare Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Anees Musalem
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Rambam Healtcare Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Gil Gross
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Rambam Healtcare Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Arthur Kerner
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Rambam Healtcare Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
An internal mammary graft atresia after CABG surgery is a well-known complication which could be related to competitive flow in the grafted artery. Spontaneous recanalization of a previously occluded LIMA graft is an extremely rare phenomenon. We describe a patient in whom the LIMA was occluded 2.5 years after CABG surgery, but was found to be completely patent 10 years later, probably due to disease progression in the native grafted vessel.
Keywords: Internal mammary graft, coronary bypass graft occlusion, coronary bypass graft recanalization