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Congenital coronary collateral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2019

Rita I. Moreira Open the ORCID record for Rita I. Moreira [Opens in a new window]  and
Rui C. Ferreira
Rita I. Moreira*
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal
Rui C. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal
*
Author for correspondence: R. I. Moreira, Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Rua de Santa Marta, no 50, 1169-024, Lisbon, Portugal. Tel: +351 919972371; Fax: +351 213531983; E-mail: ritailhaomoreira@gmail.com
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Abstract

Intercoronary communications are a very rare congenital coronary artery anomalies. We report a case of a man who underwent elective coronary angiography that showed a bidirectional direct intercoronary communication between right coronary and left circumflex arteries.

Keywords

Coronary artery anomaliesintercoronary communicationcoronary angiography
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2020 , pp. 119 - 120
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019

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