Collateral growth between left internal mammary and left anterior descending coronary arteries following coronary artery bypass surgery.
A case is described in which new collateral vessels grew between the left internal mammary artery and the left anterior descending coronary artery following coronary artery bypass surgery. Collateralization of the coronary arteries by extra-cardiac arteries has not been previously described following bypass surgery and may have implications for the mechanisms of angiogenesis.
Knight
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Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, London, UK.
Webster
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Mulcahy
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D000328:Adult; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries