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left anterior descending [LAD] coronary artery (anterior interventricular artery)

Origin: left main coronary artery Branches: 1) septal perforators 2) diagonal branches Distribution: 1) interventricular septum, anterior 2/3 (septal perforators) -> includes AV bundle of His 2) anterior free wall of the left ventricle (diagonal branches) Anastomosis: posterior interventricular artery Course: -> descends towards the cardiac apex over the anterior portion of the interventricular septum.

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GENERAL: coronary artery FORM: left anterior descending [LAD] coronary artery (anterior interventricular artery) ORIGIN: left main coronary artery COMPONENT-OF: heart

References

  1. Internal Medicine, J Stein (ed), Little, Brown, Boston, 1983
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999