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The coronary anatomy has great variability. The arteries vary in size, length, course, and branches. It is important to understand the individual anatomy of a patient in order to avoid mistakenly report disease or occlusion of an artery. Close observation must be made as to how the myocardium is receiving its blood supply in normal and diseased arteries. This will be of great importance in the subsequent chapters that illustrate normal coronary variants, congenital coronary anomalies, coronary artery disease (CAD), and collateral pathways.
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Smuclovisky, C. (2018). Coronary Anatomy. In: Smuclovisky, C. (eds) Coronary Artery CTA. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66988-5_3
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