Transcollateral retrograde diagnostic coronary angiogram - important therapeutic implications for an occluded arterial coronary artery bypass graft

Abstract

This case illustrates the potential clinical usefulness of retrograde approach for selective visualization of distal vessels in a patient with multiple coronary chronic total occlusions and previous coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. By knowing in extreme detail the exact anatomy of the complex post-surgical coronary system, a successful treatment can be planned for the patient.

Keywords

Collateral Circulation, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Artery Bypass, Coronary Circulation, Electrocardiography, Follow-Up Studies, Graft Occlusion, Vascular, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Reoperation, Risk Assessment, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome, Vascular Patency, Ventricular Fibrillation

Citation

Chung, T-S, van Aarnhem, E & Agostoni, P 2015, 'Transcollateral retrograde diagnostic coronary angiogram - important therapeutic implications for an occluded arterial coronary artery bypass graft', Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 127-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2014.08.005