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Significance of Angiographic Absence of Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery in a Left Ventricle With Intact Anterior Wall.

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: Fifteen patients having total occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery were studied. All fifteen had normal left ventricular anterior walls. The electrocardiogram was normal in eight patients; old inferior wall infarction was evident in one; anterior ischemia in five; and left anterior hemiblock in one. Collateral circulation was found in twelve patients (80%). These findings suggest that an angiographically non-visualized left anterior descending (LAD) vessel is patent and bypassable in patients where the anterior ventricular wall is intact, thus representing an additional criterion for aortocoronary bypass surgery.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Adib H. Sabbagh, Lee I. Schocket, Richard L. Dexter, Jose J. Fernandez, James E. O'Hare

Institution: Tucson Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2411288024

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