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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1984; 32(2): 119-121
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1023365
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Coronary Artery Steal via a Large Anastomosis between the Coronary and Bronchial Arteries Successfully Treated by Surgical Division

M. Kawasuji, S. Murakami, Y. Watanabe, T. Iwa
  • Department of Surgery (I), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan
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1984

Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

A 56-year-old woman is presented with a large coronaryartery-to-bronchial-artery anastomosis associated with aortitis syndrome. Her angina, which was the result of a coronary artery steal, was relieved by surgical division of the anastomotic vessei. Pulmonary artery obstruction, as a pulmonary lesion of aortitis syndrome, might increase the collateral flow from the coronary artery through the bronchial artery to the pulmonary circulation.

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Coronary artery steal - Coronary-to-bronchial artery anastomosis - Aortitis syndrome