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Treatment of an iatrogenic subclavian artery dissection
Author(s) -
Spies Christian,
Fergusson David
Publication year - 2010
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/ccd.22432
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , subclavian artery , angioplasty , surgery , complication , brachial artery , cardiac catheterization , stent , radiology , blood pressure
Subclavian artery dissection is a rare complication of cardiac catheterization. The usual reason for entering this vessel is to access the origin of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) when this has previously been used, or is being considered, as a bypass graft. We report an instance of such dissection occurring long after bypass surgery which had included a LIMA graft. Successful correction was achieved by angioplasty and stent placement, using a retrograde left brachial approach. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.