Open ended circulation pattern: A rare case of a protective coronary artery variation and review of the literature
| Autor: | Fotios Kardaras, Konstantinos P. Letsas, Antonios G. Tavernarakis, Gerasimos Gavrielatos, John Antonellis, Loukas K. Pappas, Virginia Markou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Coronary angiography medicine.medical_specialty Coronary Vessel Anomalies Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Angiography Coronary artery disease Coronary circulation Coronary Circulation Internal medicine medicine.artery Rare case medicine Humans Myocardial infarction Obstructive lesion Aged business.industry medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Right coronary artery Cardiology Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Artery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 112:e63-e65 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.02.034 |
| Popis: | Persistent intercoronary communications, forming the so-called open ended coronary circulation pattern, are rare findings of coronary angiography. A case of intercoronary connection between the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the right coronary artery (RCA), with an obstructive lesion, and no evidence of myocardial infarction is presented. This is an exceptional variant, only 20 cases of which were found in the literature. The potential protective role of this anomaly against occlusive coronary artery disease is discussed and similar reports are reviewed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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