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Madgirl2 | 22:33 Mon 08th Jan 2007 | Science
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Please can someone define triple vessel disease for me? I'm a student nurse studying for an exam about Coronary Artery Bygrafting and I've been unable to find a clear definition of this condition.
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the coronaries are divided into left and right - coming from the left and right aortic cusps

the left then divides into the left anterior descending and cirucmflex

and that makes three !

all three are blocked in triple vessel disease

see for more details:

http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/HIC/Topics/ Cond/CoronaryArteryDisease.cfm
22:46 Mon 08th Jan 2007
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Very helpful. Thank you!
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