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diagonal artery, an inconstant artery, occasionally duplicated, arising from the trunk of the left anterior descending coronary artery and crossing the anterior aspect of the left ventricle diagonally, toward the left margin. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| After VVI mode pacemaker implantation, balloon angioplasty was performed to the diagonal artery and stent was implanted to the LAD. Three days later, cardiac catheterization was performed, which revealed a 90% occlusion of the left anterior descending artery at the second diagonal, a 50% occlusion of the mid-right coronary artery, a 50% occlusion of a diagonal artery of the Culprit lesion was defined as proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) lesion if it was between LAD ostium and first septal or diagonal artery, distal LAD lesion if it was distal to the first septal or diagonal artery. |
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