scanman’s casebook: Case 21
Published by Vijay August 20th, 2009 in CT, Cardiac CT, Radiology, casebook…
Diagnosis: Coronary CT Angiogram showing Chronic Total Occlusion of a short segment of proximal LAD with reformation of flow in mid LAD via collaterals from the Conus branch of RCA.*
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*Abbreviations used:
- AM - Acute Marginal branch of RCA
- CTO - Chronic Total Occlusion
- D1 - First Diagonal branch of LAD
- LAD - Left Anterior Descending artery
- LCx - Left Circumflex artery
- LM - Left (Main) Coronary artery
- OM1 - First Obtuse Marginal branch of LCx
- PA - Pulmonary artery
- RCA - Right Coronary artery
- S1 & S2 - First & second Septal branches of LAD
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Wow..that is So cool. Do the collaterals last forever?
Yes, purplesque. As long as they or the artery from which they originate do not get occluded.