Coronary artery

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In medicine, the coronary arteries are the arteries that supply blood to the heart.[1]

Left main coronary

  • Left anterior descending (LAD)
    • Branches are called the septals and diagonals
  • Ramus intermedius arises from the left main between the LAD and the circumflex in some people.
  • Circumflex
    • Branches are called the obtuse marginals
    • In a minority of people, the circumflex provides the posterior descending artery.

Right coronary

  • In most people, the right coronary provides the posterior descending artery.

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