Case history Five years following quadruple CABG surgery, this 64-year-old patient started experiencing atypical chest pain. Question Are any of the bypass grafts or anastomoses stenotic or occluded? Is there an extra-cardiac cause behind the patient‘s symptoms? Diagnosis/Differential diagnosis Acute graft thrombosis, myocardial infarction, myocardial ischemia due to graft stenosis, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, pericarditis, … Read more

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Case history This 67-year-old patient post CABG was admitted due to recurrent chest pain following microcoil embolization of his saphenous venous graft pseudoaneurysm performed at another institution. Question What is the cause of … Read more

Dual Source coronary CT angiography (cCTA) is not only faster than previous scanner generations and less invasive than cardiac catheterization, it also may in some cases more realiably localize proximal bypass anastomoses and provide more anatomic information crucial to the success of potential redo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Dual … Read more