Chronic Total Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary Artery

Overview

Journal J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2008 Feb 13

PMID 18268429

Citations 2

Authors

Umit Kervan

Hasmet Bardakci

Garip Altintas

Ahmet Saritas

Cemal L Birincioglu

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Abstract

Total chronic occlusion of the left main coronary artery is a rare angiographic finding in a catheterization laboratory and its treatment rarely is reported. We describe a patient with angiographic findings of chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery with left coronary circulation collateralized from the right coronary artery.

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