The internal mammary artery is the conduit of choice for cardiac revascularization. Atherosclerotic disease of the coronary arteries may simultaneously involve the subclavian artery. Proximal stenosis in the left subclavian artery may result in recurrent myocardial ischemia in patients with a patent left internal mammary artery (LIMA), due to coronary steal syndrome through the LIMA.

The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Optical coherence tomography guidance for the management of angiographically intermediate left main bifurcation lesions: early clinical experience" [1]. In this article we reports details about our clinical experience with frequency domain-optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) guidance for the management of patient...

Background/Introduction In Surgical revascularization by CABG surgery Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to Lt.ant.descending (LAD) is considered gold standard conduit of choice for myocardial revascularization. Although conventional angiography is gold standard for assessing graft patency but rarely available in operating room in Bangladesh. So intraoperative florescence imaging (Novadaq Tech...

We present a female Jehovah's Witness patient with concomitant severe left main and left anterior descending coronary artery disease and pheochromocytoma who underwent successful off-pump myocardial revascularization. Perioperative management of this patient included alpha-blockade with Doxazosin followed by beta-blockade with Metoprolol. A short-acting Phentolamine was used for alpha-blockade ...

The determination of myocardial viability is crucial in patients with left ventricular dysfunction resulting from acute myocardial ischemia or chronic coronary artery disease. Viable myocardium will most likely benefit from revascularization procedures. However, the revascularization of scar tissue will not lead to improvement of ventricularfunction andfurthermore bears unnecessary riskfor the ...

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The 2014 European Society of Cardiology and the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery guidelines on myocardial revascularization give a class I recommendation for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) but a class IIb recommendation for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for revascularization in patients with chronic heart failure and systolic left ventricular (LV) dysfunct...

Background The uptake of F-18 deoxyglucose into dysfunctional segments after myocardial infarction identifies metabolically active (FDG+) or inactive (FDG-) myocardium. Although patients with FDG+ segments have been found to be at risk for adverse events, the prognostic significance of viable myocardium in relation to other influences on postinfarction prognosis, including revascularization, re...

BACKGROUND The uptake of F-18 deoxyglucose into dysfunction segments after myocardial infarction identifies metabolically active (FDG+) or inactive (FDG-) myocardium. Although patients with FDG+ segments have been found to be at risk for adverse events, the prognostic significance of viable myocardium in relation to other influences on postinfarction prognosis, including revascularization, rema...

The patient had a clinical history of stable coronary artery disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and chronic (non-dialytic) renal insufficiency with baseline creatinine clearance of 20 mL/min. His surgical history included cardiac revascularization at the age of 45 years, and left internal carotid angioplasty and stenting after a stroke episode in 2004, which left no persistent deficit...