Acute heart failure due to coronary subclavian steal syndrome after coronary artery bypass grafting

Key clinical message An axillo‐axillary bypass grafting is useful for coronary subclavian steal syndrome when occlusion of the proximal left subclavian artery. Abstract An 81‐year‐old female who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting 15 years previously was admitted and diagnosed with coronar...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Nakata, Kosaku Nishigawa, Takashi Yoshinaga, Toshihiro Fukui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-05-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7326
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Summary:Key clinical message An axillo‐axillary bypass grafting is useful for coronary subclavian steal syndrome when occlusion of the proximal left subclavian artery. Abstract An 81‐year‐old female who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting 15 years previously was admitted and diagnosed with coronary subclavian steal syndrome. Preoperative angiography showed backflow from the left anterior descending coronary artery to the left internal thoracic artery and occlusion of the proximal left subclavian artery. Axillo‐axillary bypass grafting was successfully performed.
ISSN:2050-0904