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Asemptomatic single coronary artery in patient with severe peripheric artery disease

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This report describes a 70-year-old patient with single coronary artery, in whom the right coronary artery originated from the distal left circumflex. This patient did not have any other cardiovascular anomaly. However, this patient suffered from severe and proggressive peripheric arterial disease.

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Multislice computed tomography coronary angiography was performed as gratis in Sonomed Medical Imaging Center, Ziverbey, Istanbul.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Umuttepe Yerleskesi, Eski Istanbul Yolu 10 km, Izmit, Kocaeli, 41380, Turkey

    Goksel Kahraman, Ulas Bildirici, Ertan Ural & Baki Komsuoglu

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Kahraman, G., Bildirici, U., Ural, E. et al. Asemptomatic single coronary artery in patient with severe peripheric artery disease. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 23, 273–276 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-006-9113-8

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