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Widow maker is an alternative name for the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery. [9] [3] The name widow maker may also apply to the left coronary artery [10] or severe occlusions to that artery. [11] [12] This term is used because the left main coronary and/or the left anterior descending supply blood to large areas of ...
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The left coronary artery arises from the aorta within the left cusp of the aortic valve and feeds blood to the left side of the heart. It branches into two arteries, the left anterior descending and the left circumflex. The left anterior descending artery perfuses the interventricular septum and anterior wall of the left ventricle. The left ...
It extends between the coronary sulcus, and the apex of the heart; [1] upon reaching the diaphragmatic surface of the heart, it ends at the notch of cardiac apex. [3] It contains the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery, and great cardiac vein. [1] [2]
It follows the anterior interventricular sulcus around the pulmonary trunk. Along the way it gives rise to numerous smaller branches that interconnect with the branches of the posterior interventricular artery, forming anastomoses. An anastomosis is an area where vessels unite to form interconnections that normally allow blood to circulate to a ...
[citation needed] The left coronary artery typically runs for 10–25 mm, then bifurcates into the left anterior descending artery, and the left circumflex artery. [ 1 ] The part that is between the aorta and the bifurcation only is known as the left main artery (LM), while the term "LCA" might refer to just the left main, or to the left main ...
The right coronary artery provides blood to the wall of the right heart and some areas of the left heart though its branches. [24] The right coronary system mostly supplies the right ventricle and atrium, apart from the anterior interventricular septum and a small area neighboring the course of the left anterior descending artery. [27]
The right coronary sulcus begins anteriorly and superiorly on the sternocostal surface of the heart. Its position is marked by the location of the right coronary artery , and small cardiac vein . The right coronary sulcus separates the right atrium and its atrial appendage from the right ventricle inferiorly.