PMID- 6603908
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19831008
LR  - 20190913
IS  - 0174-1551 (Print)
IS  - 0174-1551 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 1983
TI  - Atherosclerosis and the internal mammary arteries.
PG  - 72-7
AB  - One hundred and fifty patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), 14 (9.3%) of 
      whom had coexisting peripheral vascular disease, underwent bilateral internal 
      mammary arteriography to study the incidence and extent of atherosclerosis in 
      these vessels. Significant atherosclerosis of the internal mammary arteries 
      (IMAs) was present in three patients (2%), of whom one had coexisting peripheral 
      vascular disease. Lesions in the IMAs were found either proximally, close to the 
      origin or distally, around the terminal bifurcation. Six of the 14 patients with 
      peripheral vascular disease (4% of total subjects) had significant 
      atherosclerosis of the brachiocephalic arteries. Atherosclerotic involvement of 
      the IMA is very unusual and rarely interferes with the use of these vessels for 
      coronary bypass. More common, however, is atherosclerosis of the subclavian 
      arteries, a contraindication for IMA grafting if the lesion is proximal to the 
      IMA origin.
FAU - Singh, R N
AU  - Singh RN
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
JT  - Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
JID - 8003538
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aorta, Thoracic/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Arteriosclerosis/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Coronary Angiography
MH  - Coronary Artery Bypass
MH  - Coronary Disease/diagnostic imaging/surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis
MH  - Male
MH  - Mammary Arteries/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Subclavian Artery
MH  - Thoracic Arteries/*diagnostic imaging
EDAT- 1983/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1983/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1983/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1983/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF02552775 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1983;6(2):72-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02552775.