title: Left internal mammary-to-left circumflex coronary artery collateral pathway in a patient with occluded left circumflex artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kitamurayama General Hospital. Yamagata, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasagami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Munakata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: 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