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Absent posterior interventricular artery
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Abstract
During the dissection of the thorax of a 79-year-old Caucasian male cadaver, the posterior interventricular coronary artery was found to be completely absent. Congenital heart abnormalities are frequent but absent arteries are uncommon and when occurring are often associated with replacement vessels from the existing circulation, making complete absence rare. This condition may well have been asymptomatic in life, but such variations could have serious implications in patients with underlying heart pathology.
Abstract
During the dissection of the thorax of a 79-year-old Caucasian male cadaver, the posterior interventricular coronary artery was found to be completely absent. Congenital heart abnormalities are frequent but absent arteries are uncommon and when occurring are often associated with replacement vessels from the existing circulation, making complete absence rare. This condition may well have been asymptomatic in life, but such variations could have serious implications in patients with underlying heart pathology.
Keywords
heart, coronary circulation, posterior interventricular artery, variant
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Absent posterior interventricular artery
Journal
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
396-398
Published online
2015-09-02
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3045
DOI
10.5603/FM.2015.0057
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Bibliographic record
Folia Morphol 2015;74(3):396-398.
Keywords
heart
coronary circulation
posterior interventricular artery
variant
Authors
J. Bridgeman
P. J. Adds
