PMID- 6110482
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19810526
LR  - 20190829
IS  - 0098-6569 (Print)
IS  - 0098-6569 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
DP  - 1980
TI  - Internal mammary arteriography: a new catheter technique by right brachial 
      approach.
PG  - 439-49
AB  - A technique for catheterization of both internal mammary arteries (IMAs) by right 
      brachial approach is described. A special preformed catheter was used in 75 
      patients with coronary artery disease, including ten patients with direct IMA 
      grafts. No complications occurred. The IMAs were studied to examine the question 
      of their usefulness in direct myocardial revascularization. There were individual 
      variations in the size of IMAS with poor correlation to age (r = -0.432)) and 
      body surface area (r = 0.517). Seventy percent of the women had adequate IMAs. 
      The IMA diameter was equal to or larger than the left anterior descending 
      coronary artery (LAD) in 72% and the right coronary artery (RCA) in 34% of 
      comparisons. Of the ten patients with direct IMA grafts, three instances of large 
      side branches were seen. These branches appeared to carry large flows at the 
      expense of the grafted coronary artery. Preoperative internal mammary 
      arteriography should be done if the use of this vessel is contemplated in direct 
      myocardial revascularization to assure the use of an IMA of adequate caliber 
      compared to the recipient coronary artery. The side branches should be 
      meticulously ligated during the operation.
FAU - Singh, R N
AU  - Singh RN
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn
JT  - Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis
JID - 7508512
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Angiography/methods
MH  - Catheterization/*methods
MH  - Coronary Disease/surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Mammary Arteries/diagnostic imaging/transplantation
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myocardial Revascularization
MH  - *Thoracic Arteries/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Transplantation, Autologous
EDAT- 1980/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1980/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1980/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1980/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1980/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1980/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/ccd.1810060414 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1980;6(4):439-49. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810060414.