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Buerger's disease presented with a corkscrew appearance in the right coronary artery in a 44-year-old man with suspected coronary artery disease.
This case report highlights a rare angiographic finding of a corkscrew appearance in the right coronary artery associated with Buerger's disease.
Hypothesis-generating for coronary involvement in Buerger's; leaves open need for validation before clinical consideration.
A 44 year old man with suspected coronary artery disease was admitted to our hospital. He had been diagnosed with Buerger’s disease, and both his legs had been amputated at the age of 30. Although the patient had no coronary risk factors except cigarette smoking and no history …
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Tamura et al. (2006) studied this question. Buerger's disease presented with a corkscrew appearance in the right coronary artery in a 44-year-old man with suspected coronary artery disease.
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