title: [Ramus limbi dextri or "moderator band" artery].
abstract: A patient who died of acute left ventricular failure in the course of myocardial infarct is described. At autopsy anterior myocardial infarct was confirmed. Postmortem coronarography revealed almost complete occlusion of the left main coronary artery and a very well developed collateral circulation. Part of the collateral circulation was the moderator band artery (visualized during coronarography).
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Kardiologii Instytutu Kardiologii AM, Poznaniu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pyda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grajek
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000792:Angiography; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: Ramus limbii dextri czyli tetnica "moderator band".