title: Unusual coronary collateral circulation: filling of a totally occluded left anterior descending artery by direct continuity from a left posterior descending artery. A case report.
abstract: A patient with an unusual coronary collateral circulation is presented. The left anterior descending artery, which was totally occluded proximally, was filled directly by a continuation of the left posterior descending artery. A thallium stress test revealed normal perfusion in the territory of the left anterior descending artery.
mesh_terms: D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography