In approximately 10% of individuals the left circumflex coronary artery is considered dominant and it supplies a left posterior descending artery. This is considered a “left dominant” system.

The left main coronary artery arises from the left coronary cusp and bifurcates into the left anterior descending (LAD) and the left circumflex coronary arteries. Since the left main supplies a ...

In myocardial infarction of the anterior wall, ST-segment elevation in leads V 1, V 2, and V 3 indicates occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. ST-segment elevation in these ...

A 61-year-old man presented with epigastric pain and inferior ST-segment elevation on ECG. Angiography revealed only a 70% stenosis in a branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery. CT s ...

The left circumflex artery, which connects to the important coronary artery, is around the back of the heart, making it harder to pick up with some tests. Severe blockages in this artery have a ...

After ligation of the left circumflex artery, animals were injected intramyocardially with either 200 μg of WSLP alone, 200 μg of WSLP/pSV-VEGF or 200 μg of WSLP/pRTP801-VEGF complexes at three ...

Since the patient initially presented with acute ischemia of the hand, surgical treatment by means of... Clinical snapshot “Volleyball” Aneurysm of the Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery (29. ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Ischemia occurs when the heart does not receive adequate blood supply to function properly. "Cardiomyopathy" is an umbrella term for diseases of the heart muscle ...

“For left main disease with a relatively large area of ischemia, ... As noted, off-pump surgery was also associated with a lower rate of revascularization of the left circumflex artery and right ...

In the ISCHEMIA trial, for patients with intermediate left main disease, invasive angiography showed coronary artery disease of greater extent, indicating greater atherosclerotic burden.

The culprit artery in patients with poor collateralization was more likely to be the left circumflex artery while patients with a culprit lesion in the right coronary artery tended to have ... In ...