Atherosclerosis of the Internal Mammary Artery: Intravascular Ultrasound and Virtual Histology Imaging.

Atherosclerosis of the Internal Mammary Artery: Intravascular Ultrasound and Virtual Histology Imaging. J Invasive Cardiol. 2018 Apr;30(4):E35-E36 Authors: Mehta SS, Shah FB, Connor A Abstract Atherosclerotic disease of the shaft of the internal mammary artery (IMA) is rare. This imaging series demonstrates that angiography or arterial duplex ultrasound before bypass surgery of the IMA should be performed even when considering the patient for an emergent bypass surgery. PMID: 29610450 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research