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. 1980 Oct;44(4):460–463. doi: 10.1136/hrt.44.4.460

Coronary artery steal via large coronary artery to bronchial artery anastomosis successfully treated by operation.

M G St John Sutton, G A Miller, I H Kerr, T A Traill
PMCID: PMC482427  PMID: 7426209

Abstract

We report a patient with a large coronary artery to bronchial artery anastomosis causing angina by coronary steal. Angina was refractory to medical treatment, but successfully relieved by surgical ligation of the anastomosis.

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