Functional Recovery of a Failed Radial Artery Graft After Progression of Native Coronary Stenosis

Ioannis Anastasiou; Ioannis Konstantinou; Stylianos Petousis; Emmanouil Skalidis; Fragkiskos Parthenakis; Michalis Hamilos

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.008

Functional Recovery of a Failed Radial Artery Graft After Progression of Native Coronary Stenosis

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Oct 21;2(12):1907-1910. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.008. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Ioannis Anastasiou¹, Ioannis Konstantinou¹, Stylianos Petousis¹, Emmanouil Skalidis¹, Fragkiskos Parthenakis¹, Michalis Hamilos¹

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Abstract

Competitive flow from the native vessel can lead to coronary graft failure. However, restoration of graft patency can occasionally occur. We present the case of subtotal occlusion of a radial artery graft bypassing a lesion with moderate stenosis, with subsequent late functional recovery once the native vessel disease had progressed. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: CABG; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; ECG, electrocardiography; LAD, left anterior descending artery; LITA, left interior thoracic artery; OM1, first obtuse marginal branch; PDA, posterior descending artery; RCA, right coronary artery; SPECT, single-photon emission computed tomography; SVG, saphenous vein graft; coronary graft failure; radial arterial graft.

Publication types

Case Reports