creators_name: Ganju, NK creators_name: Negi, PC creators_name: Marwah, R creators_id: ganjuneeraj@yahoo.co.in editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:40:48 lastmod: 2014-02-25 12:40:48 metadata_visibility: show title: Intercoronary Continuity: A Rare Variant of Coronary Circulation ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Intercoronary continuity; Collaterals; Angiography abstract: Coronary circulation if significantly diseased usually develop collaterals between the distal portion of the diseased vessel and the normal artery to accomplish flow in vessel distal to the diseased segment. These collaterals can be intracoronary or intercoronary. Coronary collaterals have to be differentiated from intercoronary continuity, which is a very rare variant of coronary circulation usually seen in angiographically normal looking arteries. In our patient, although proximal left anterior descending artery revealed significant lesion but intercoronary continuity was seen between normal right coronary artery and left circumflex artery on angiography. date: 2013-04-15 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 12 number: 1(6) publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Kruskal JB, Hartnell GG. Nonatherosclerotic coronary artery disease: more than just stenosis. Radiographics. 1995;15:383-396. 2. Atak R, Guray U, Akin Y. Images in cardiology: Intercoronary communication between the circumflex and right coronary arteries: Distinct from coronary collaterals. Heart. 2002;88:29. 3. Reig J, Jornet A, Petit M. Direct connection between the coronary arteries in the human heart. Angiology. 1995;46(3):235-242. 4. Voci G, Patel RB, Trivedi AD, Patel PV, Burris AC, Ruby SR. Angiographic demonstration of congenital intercoronary communication in normal adults. Am J Cardio. 1987;59:1205-1206. citation: Ganju, NK and Negi, PC and Marwah, R (2013) Intercoronary Continuity: A Rare Variant of Coronary Circulation. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/9140/1/2013-1-6.pdf