Magnetic resonance coronary artery imaging for redo coronary operations.

Abstract

Imaging the native coronary vessels using contrast angiography can be difficult in the context of redo coronary operations when native disease is severe. When previous vein grafts undergo aneurysmal dilatation, imaging of the native vessel is restricted by the inability to infuse a sufficient volume of contrast medium through the graft and into the native vessel. We present a case of a patient whose redo coronary artery bypass graft operation was planned on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging of his native coronary arteries and vein graft after unsuccessful coronary angiography.