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Severe spasm of a radial artery coronary bypass graft during coronary intervention
Author(s) -
Kulkarni Nitin M.,
Thomas Martyn R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199907)47:3<331::aid-ccd19>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , radial artery , cardiology , artery , percutaneous coronary intervention , intervention (counseling) , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , psychiatry
Coronary spasm is a well‐recognized observation during coronary angiography. This report describes a patient who developed spasm of a radial artery bypass graft during coronary intervention. There are many reports on the angiographic follow‐up to confirm the surgical results for patency in radial arterial conduits. We share our experience with this first case in the literature noted to have severe vasospasm during PTCA. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 47:331–335, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.