A 56-year-old female with exertional angina had signs of ischemia on an exercise electrocardiogram. Coronary arteriography revealed anomalous origin of the left anterior descending coronary artery from the right coronary artery. The initial portion was septal and it then coursed between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. The patient declined surgical revascularization.
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