Int J Angiol 2014; 23(04): 281-282
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1387881
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Percutaneous Intervention of Sequential Coronary Venous Graft

Zeki Dogan
1   Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medicine Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ahmet Karabulut
1   Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medicine Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Bulent Uzunlar
1   Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medicine Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Publication Date:
19 August 2014 (online)

Abstract

We present a case with coronary bypass grafts in which venous graft was anastomosed to obtuse marginal (OM) 1 and OM2 branches sequentially. We performed percutaneous intervention to the proximal circumflex (CX), OM1, and bridging segment of the venous graft. Finally, bridging segment of the venous graft began to function as a CX body extending between the OM1 and OM2.

Note

The authors do not report any conflict of interest regarding this work. This work was not supported by any company.


 
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