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ASEAN Heart Journal

December 2014, 22:18

First online: 04 December 2014

Case Report

Total occlusion at ostial Left internal mammary graft with successful angioplasty and longterm patency result

Kitigon Vichairuangthum, MD,1 and Paiboon Chotenopratpat, MD1
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Abstract

The patient is a 62 year old male patient with underlying hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and a history of triple vessel coronary artery disease post CABG (SVG graft to RCA, LIMA graft to LAD) 5 years ago.

Keywords
Total Occlusion - Internal Mammary Artery - Surgical Clip - Internal Mammary Artery Graft - Xience Versus

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Title
Total occlusion at ostial Left internal mammary graft with successful angioplasty and longterm patency result

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Journal >> 22:1

Online Date
21 November 2019

DOI
10.7603/s40602-014-0017-x

Online ISSN
2315-4551

Publisher
ASEAN Federation of Cardiology

Additional Links Cardiology

Keywords
Total Occlusion
Internal Mammary Artery
Surgical Clip
Internal Mammary Artery Graft
Xience Versus

Author Affiliations
1.Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Correspondence to:
Kitigon Vichairuangthum,neozz15@hotmail.com