Can a person live with 100% blockage of the right coronary artery?

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Can a person live with 100% blockage of the right coronary artery?

submitted by Prakash from Bhilai, India, on 11/11/09 Ask a Texas Heart Institute Doctor

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by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, James T. Willerson, MD

Yes....many people do. Thank you.

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