title: Rare coronary anastomoses between the aorta, pulmonary trunk, left coronary artery, and subclavian artery.
abstract: We report a rare case of coronary anastomoses in an 83-year-old male cadaveric heart. Anomalous vessels arose from the right sinus of the aorta, left main coronary artery, left anterior descending artery, left anterior medial atrial artery, and left subclavian artery. These vessels bifurcated and anastomosed, and finally connected to the pulmonary trunk. The present case is categorized as a multilateral coronary artery fistula in cardiology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Human Embryology, Department of Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan. takechi@iwate-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takechi
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hitomi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002102:Cadaver; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004210:Dissection; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology