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Surgical ligation relieves medically refractory angina caused by coronary-to-bronchial artery steal.
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We report a patient with a large coronary artery to bronchial artery anastomosis causing angina by coronary steal. Angina was refractory to medical treatment, but successfully relieved by surgical ligation of the anastomosis.
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Sutton et al. (1980) studied this question. Surgical ligation successfully relieved medically refractory angina caused by coronary steal via a large coronary artery to bronchial artery anastomosis.
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