A coronary artery anomaly : type IV dual left anterior descending artery
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Dual left anterior descending coronary artery (type IV): a rare coronary artery anomaly
The variants of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery are important in interpretation of coronary angiogram and in interventional procedures. The double LAD coronary artery originating from the left main coronary stem and the right coronary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly. In this case report, we are describing a patient with the double left anterior descending coronar...
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عنوان ژورنال: CardioVascular Journal of Africa
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1995-1892,1680-0745
DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2010-032