Coronary artery steal via a large anastomosis between the coronary and bronchial arteries successfully treated by surgical division.
A 56-year-old woman is presented with a large coronary-artery-to-bronchial-artery anastomosis associated with aortitis syndrome. Her angina, which was the result of a coronary artery steal, was relieved by surgical division of the anastomotic vessel. Pulmonary artery obstruction, as a pulmonary lesion of aortitis syndrome, might increase the collateral flow from the coronary artery through the bronchial artery to the pulmonary circulation.
D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001025:Aortitis / Q000209:etiology; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology