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Editorial
. 2009;36(4):313-5.

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the opposite sinus of valsalva: typical and atypical features

Paolo Angelini
Editorial

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the opposite sinus of valsalva: typical and atypical features

Paolo Angelini. Tex Heart Inst J. 2009.
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Fig. 1 Computed tomographic angiograms of the left main trunk, which exits the aortic wall (not imaged with this technique). A) Sites 1, 2, and 3 are the locations from which the cross-sections of the left main trunk (Figs. B, C, and D, respectively) were obtained; the calculated cross-sectional areas are shown in parentheses. B) 1: intramural proximal left main trunk (5.7 mm2); C) 2: borderline segment (11.2 mm2); and D) 3: extramural distal left main trunk (16.7 mm2). As shown, the intima is always thin throughout the left main trunk, and the extramural proximal left main segment that appears smaller in angiography is round and progressively larger, in order to reach the relatively ectatic left main coronary artery at its bifurcation. The stenotic effect at that level is unsubstantiated (see text).
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