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Occlusion of the left main coronary artery and collateral circulation via the conus branch.

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The case of a 71-year-old-man, a smoker, admitted for unstable angina, revealed complete proximal occlusion of the left main coronary with an unusual collateral circulation, which shows the importance of looking for atypical collateral circulation in patients with chronic occluded coronary arteries.
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We report the case of a 71-year-old-man, a smoker, admitted for unstable angina Subsequent investigation revealed complete proximal occlusion of the left main coronary with an unusual collateral circulation The left coronary artery was filled by a large conus branch originating from the right sinus of Valsalva This case shows the importance of looking for atypical collateral circulation in patients with chronic occlusion of the left main coronary artery and normal left ventricular function

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Total occlusion of the left main coronary artery: report of seven cases from 5312 cardiac catheterizations and review of the literature.

TL;DR: The results support previously reported findings about patients with total occlusion of the left main coronary artery in that no definitive clinical pattern leads to simple diagnosis, the anomaly is rarely encountered during cardiac catheterization, and myocardial revascularization alleviates symptoms and prolongs life.
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Chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery.

TL;DR: 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 is described.
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Oclusión crónica total del tronco común de la coronaria izquierda

TL;DR: Los pacientes presentaron una clinicainespecifica no diferenciable de otros grados de enfermedadcoronaria, existiendo en todos ellos unaarteria coronaria derecha dominante con ampliacirculacion colateral hacia la coronaria izquierda.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case with angiographic documentation of total occlusion of the left main coronary artery in a patient without angina and with a normal rest electrocardiogram in which a syncope was the only symptom.
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