Left internal mammary-to-left circumflex coronary artery collateral pathway in a patient with occluded left circumflex artery.
A unique case of left internal mammary artery-to-circumflex coronary artery collateral pathway, which was conceivably encouraged to develop by coronary occlusion. The pathway provided sufficient collateral perfusion to preserve the local myocardial performance.
Yamamoto
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Department of Internal Medicine, Kitamurayama General Hospital. Yamagata, Japan.
Kasagami
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Y
Ohba
T
T
Saeki
K
K
Kanemura
M
M
Munakata
K
K
Takano
T
T
D000368:Aged; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology