Key result
Intra-arterial Doppler evaluation of internal mammary artery bypass grafts provided valuable diagnostic information prior to intervention in two reported cases.
Why the study?
Does intra-arterial Doppler flow evaluation provide valuable diagnostic information in patients with internal mammary artery bypass grafts?
Does intra-arterial Doppler flow evaluation provide valuable diagnostic information in patients with internal mammary artery bypass grafts?
Intra-arterial Doppler flow can provide valuable diagnostic information for assessing internal mammary artery bypass grafts prior to intervention.
Hypothesis-generating for intra-arterial Doppler in IMA grafts; prospective validation required before clinical adoption.
The utility of intra-arterial Doppler flow in assessing internal mammary artery (IMA) bypass grafts has infrequently been reported. Two patients are described in which Doppler evaluation of the IMA graft provided valuable diagnostic information prior to intervention. Also provided is a review of the available literature concerning evaluation of pathology in IMA grafts.
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Seligman et al. (1999) studied this question. Intra-arterial Doppler evaluation of internal mammary artery bypass grafts provided valuable diagnostic information prior to intervention in two reported cases.
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