Left coronary artery
| Artery: Left coronary artery | |
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| Heart viewed from above, atria removed, base of ventricles exposed. Left coronary artery visible at left. | |
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| Heart viewed from the front. Coronary arteries (labeled in red text) and other major landmarks (in blue text). Left coronary artery is at upper right in the image. | |
| Latin | arteria coronaria sinistra |
| Gray's | subject #142 547 |
| Source | ascending aorta |
| Branches | anterior interventricular circumflex (ramus intermedius) |
The left coronary artery, abbreviated LCA and also known as the left main coronary artery (often abbreviated LMCA), 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.
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Branching [edit]
It typically runs for 1 to 25 mm and then bifurcates into the anterior interventricular artery (also called left anterior descending (LAD)) 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 intermediate 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 and all its eventual branches.
A "first septal branch" is sometimes described.[2]
Additional images [edit]
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Left coronary artery
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Cardiac vessels.
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The arch of the aorta, and its branches.
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Diagram of the arch.
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Human heart with coronary arteries.
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Heart left lateral coronaries diagram.
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Diagram of a myocardial infarction.
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A coronary angiogram that shows the LMCA, LAD and LCX.
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Autopsy specimen showing the coronary ostia and proximal segments of the coronary arteries. Compare with Gray's Anatomy drawing above.
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Left coronary artery
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Fuster, V; Alexander RW, O'Rourke RA (2001). Hurst's The Heart (10th ed.). McGraw-Hill. p. 53. ISBN 0-07-135694-0.
- ^ Verna E, Santarone M, Boscarini M, Ghezzi I, Repetto S (June 1988). "Unusual origin and course of the first septal branch of the left coronary artery: angiographic recognition". Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 11 (3): 146–9. doi:10.1007/BF02577106. PMID 3139296.
External links [edit]
- SUNY Figs 20:03-01 - "Anterior view of the heart."
- Left+coronary+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
- 00463 at CHORUS
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