The left coronary artery (abbreviated LCA) is an artery that arises from the aorta above the left cusp of the aortic valve and feeds blood to the left side of the heart. It is also known as the left main coronary artery (abbreviated LMCA) and the left main stem coronary artery (abbreviated LMS). It is one of the coronary arteries.
Video Left coronary artery
Branching
It typically runs for 10 to 25 mm and then bifurcates into the anterior interventricular artery (also called the left anterior descending (LAD) and the Widow maker) and the left circumflex artery (LCx). Sometimes an additional artery arises at the bifurcation of the left main artery, forming a trifurcation; this extra artery is called the ramus or intermediate artery.
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 and all its eventual branches.
A "first septal branch" is sometimes described.
Maps Left coronary artery
Additional images
See also
- Coronary circulation
- Pete Maravich, American basketball player whose congenital lack of a left coronary artery contributed to his sudden death of heart failure at age 40
References
3. Rohan Pravinbhai Parikh, Amey Beedkar, Mahendra Maske, Bhavesh Talaviya, Sunil Washimkar, Pradeep Deshmukh, Mukund Deshpande. International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research. 2016; 7(6): 298-299. http://ssjournals.com/index.php/ijbar/article/view/3370/2363
External links
- Anatomy figure: 20:03-01 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Anterior view of the heart."
- 00463 at CHORUS
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