title: Significance of dual left anterior descending coronary artery in interventional cardiology. A case report.
abstract: The variants of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery are important in interpretation of coronary angiograms and in interventional procedures. The authors present a patient who had percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stent implantation to a presumed proximal LAD without the realization that dual LAd was present because of the total occlusion of the long LAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Turkey.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oral
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berkalp
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pamir
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omürlü
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erol
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents