Total occlusion of the circumflex artery with collateral supply from the conus artery
β Scribed by Mishkel, Gregory J. ;Biagioni, Eugene ;Stolberg, Harold
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 359 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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β¦ Synopsis
The conus artery has long been recognized as an important source of collateral blood supply to a significantly diseased left anterior descending artery. This artery which arises 50% of the time from a separate orifice in the right sinus of Valsalva may also provide collateral circulation to a diseased right coronary artery. To date, there have been no reported instances of the conus artery supplying collateral flow to a totally occluded circumflex artery. In this report we describe such a case in a patient with severe three vessel disease. The implications of such a finding in patient management are also discussed.
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