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Acute occlusion of left internal mammary artery graft during dual‐chamber pacemaker implantation
Author(s) -
Chou Tony M.,
Chair Kamel M.,
Jim ManHong,
Boncutter Angela,
Milechman Gary
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1002/1522-726x(200009)51:1<65::aid-ccd15>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , percutaneous , cardiology , atrioventricular block , surgery , artery , heart block , complication , mammary artery , occlusion , angioplasty , permanent pacemaker , electrocardiography
A patient who had undergone bypass surgery 5 yr earlier, including left internal mammary artery (LIMA) grafting to the left anterior descending artery, underwent transvenous dual‐chamber permanent pacemaker implantation for persistent advanced atrioventricular block. Intraoperative LIMA graft obstruction occurred, resulting in anterior myocardial infarction that was treated successfully by primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stenting. This is the first report of the occurrence of this complication during pacemaker implantation. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51:65–68, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.