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. 2023 Dec;19(4):378-379.
doi: 10.5114/aic.2023.133255. Epub 2023 Nov 27.

Pentafurcation of the left main coronary artery

Paweł Tyczyński  1 , Michał Tylkowski  2 , Jerzy Pręgowski  1 , Maciej Michałowski  1 , Maria Sudomir  1 , Adam Witkowski  1
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Pentafurcation of the left main coronary artery

Paweł Tyczyński et al. Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej. 2023 Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Patient 1. A – Left main coronary artery dividing info five branches; B – right coronary artery – significant stenosis in the infero-lateral branch. Patient 2. C – Left main coronary artery dividing into five branches and atherosclerotic involvement at its division; D – right coronary artery without significant stenosis
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