Coronary Artery Anatomy Injected Post Mortem

The Left Side Anterior
     LAD Coursing in the Interventricular Groove
FRONTAL VIEW
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LAD
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Branches
3-5 Diagonals supplying the anterior portion of the LV
DIAGONALS OF THE LAD
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OBTUSE MARGINALS OFF THE CIRCUMFLEX (3-4 vessels)
supplying the lateral and posterior portion of the LV

CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY
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INFUNDIBULAR BRANCH SUPPLYING THE ARC OF VIEUSSENS
Important collateral from proximal LAD to proximal RCA

INFUNDIBULAR BRANCH SUPPLYING THE ARC OF VIEUSSENS
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CIRCUMFLEX AND OBTUSE MARGINALS
in lateral projection supplying the lateral and posterior portions of the LV

Circumflex

CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY
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ATRIAL BRANCH OFF THE CIRCUMFLEX
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OBTUSE MARGINALS OFF THE CIRCUMFLEX
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OBTUSE MARGINALS OFF THE CIRCUMFLEX POSTERIOR VIEW in a right dominant system.  In this case only about 50% of the inferior portion of the LV is supplied by the LCA

OBTUSE MARGINALS OFF THE CIRCUMFLEX
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RIGHT SIDE – DOMINANT

MAIN RCA IN ANTERIOR A-V GROOVE

RCA
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INFUNDIBULAR BRANCH SUPPLYING THE ARC OF VIEUSSENS

INFUNDIBULAR BRANCH SUPPLYING THE ARC OF VIEUSSENS
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ANTERIOR RV BRANCHES AND ACUTE MARGINAL ARTERY (arrow)
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RIGHT SIDE POSTERIOR VIEW – CONTINUATION OF THE RCA
POSTERIOR VIEW
CONTINUATION OF THE RCA
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PDA
Note it runs side by side with the middle cardiac vein

PDA
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POSTERIOR LV BRANCHES

POSTERIOR LV BRANCHES
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A-V NODAL ARTERY

A-V NODAL ARTERY
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CIRCUMFLEX CORONARY ARTERY and BRANCHES IN THE LAO PROJECTION
The anatomical specimen has been injected with barium and shows the circumflex (c) arising from the left main coronary artery. The obtuse marginal arteries are large vessels so the distal circumflex continuation (c c green arrow) is a small vessel that runs in the posterior A-V groove with the coronary sinus
The S-A nodal artery (s-a) sometimes arises from the circumflex as the first branch. Atrial branches (a) also arise from the proximal circumflex artery.
A number of obtuse marginal arteries (OM1 and OM2 ) supply the posterior and posterolateral parts of the LV and are almost always larger than the distal circumflex itself (c c).
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