ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY
Authors: M L BASSIS, J A SHEINKOPF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 May 1955ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERYMILTON L. BASSIS, M.D., JACK A. SHEINKOPFMILTON L. BASSIS, M.D., JACK A. SHEINKOPFAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-5-983 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince Abrikosoff described the first case in 1911,1 more than 40 cases of aberrant left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery have been reported. The extraordinary advances in the field of cardiovascular surgery and the ever increasing interest in disease of the coronary arteries make a study of these conditions of great importance. I wish to describe two additional cases and to discuss the pathologic physiology of the syndrome.CASE REPORTSCase 1. 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