Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Feb 2010
A further word of caution before using the internal mammary artery for coronary revascularization in patients with severe peripheral vascular disease!
To characterize the clinical and angiographic characteristics of patients with collateralization from the internal mammary artery to the iliac artery. ⋯ Selective angiographic visualization of the internal mammary artery is an essential part of the preoperative evaluation in patients with severe peripheral vascular disease undergoing CABG.