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Dual anterior interventricular arteries
Author(s) -
Topaz On,
Vetrovec George W.,
Wheeler Thomas,
Holdaway Brian K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1999)12:3<153::aid-ca2>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , descending aorta , artery , ventricle , anterior wall , right coronary artery , anatomy , aorta , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
A patient with dual left anterior descending (R. interventricularis anterior of the left coronary artery) coronary artery is presented. A normally arising left anterior descending was hypoplastic, and an anomalous left anterior descending, which arose from the right sinus aorticus had a normal caliber. The anomalous left anterior descending artery traversed between the aorta and the pulmonary artery supplying most of the anterior myocardial wall of the left ventricle. This rare coronary anomaly can potentially have implications on percutaneous coronary interventions or on surgical revascularization procedures. Clin. Anat. 12:153‐158, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.