CARDIAC INX-CORONARY VESSELS SIMPLIFIED

SUMMARY

 1. Left main coronary divides into left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex arteries 

- LAD: supplies anterior-lateral myocardium, apex, anterior 2/3 of interventricular septum (supplies anterior wall)
- Circumflex: supplies lateral, posterior-lateral wall of left ventricle (supplies posterior wall)

2. Right coronary artery supplies inferior walls of left and right ventricles



Image: Case courtesy of Assoc Prof Craig Hacking, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 83549

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