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<Articles JournalTitle="The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM)">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM)</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>3115-7270</Issn>
      <Volume>17</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">A Rare Case of a Type IV Dual Left Anterior Descending Artery and Ectopic Left Anterior Descending and Circumflex Arteries Requiring Surgery</title>
    <FirstPage>71</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>74</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Muhammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mansoor</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">National Institute of Cardiovascular Disorders, Karachi, Pakistan.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Waqar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Khan</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">National Institute of Cardiovascular Disorders, Karachi, Pakistan.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Fakhar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Abbas</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Mayo Hospital, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Usha</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kumari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>23</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Congenital anomalous coronary arteries (CACAs) comprise an important variant of the coronary vasculature. They are benign in the vast majority of cases, whereas a small minority may be affected by serious consequences such as myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, and even death. We herein describe a 62-year-old man with sudden and severe substernal chest pain; Q waves in electrocardiographic leads II, III, and aVF; and positive serum troponin I enzyme. Left heart cardiac catheterization revealed triple coronary vessel disease with a 60% to 70% occlusion in the left main coronary artery (LMCA). The left anterior descending (LAD) and the left circumflex artery arose from the ostium of the right coronary artery. Additionally, a rudimentary type IV dual LAD originated from the LMCA. A coronary artery bypass graft surgery was performed using a left internal mammary artery graft for the LAD and a saphenous vein graft for the diagonal branches (I &amp; II) of the LAD and the posterior descending artery. The patient was discharged after an uneventful 1-week hospital course.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/1598</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/download/1598/1008</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
