Diffuse vasospasm following stenting of a free gastroepiploic artery graft: resolution with balloon angioplasty and intensive medical therapy

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1995 Dec;36(4):352-5. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810360416.

Abstract

Vasospasm following balloon angioplasty of gastroepiploic artery bypass grafts can be prevented or reversed with vasodilators. In our patient, stent deployment for ostial stenosis of a free gastroepiploic artery graft was accompanied by severe, diffuse spasm and a change in graft configuration that required both intensive medical therapy and balloon angioplasty for resolution.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods
  • Coronary Vasospasm / complications
  • Coronary Vasospasm / therapy*
  • Female
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / etiology
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents