International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 89-91 , August 2001

Anomalous left circumflex coronary artery from pulmonary artery and left anterior descending artery from right coronary artery

  • K.M Krishnamoorthy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi, Andhrapradesh, India-515 134
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum-695 011, India. Tel.: +91-471-555-532; fax: +91-471-446-433
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  • S Rao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi, Andhrapradesh, India-515 134

Received 6 March 2001 ,Accepted 25 April 2001.

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International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 89-91 , August 2001

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