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left coronary artery of the heart [1 record]

Record 1 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

Origin, left aortic sinus; distribution, it divides into two major branches, an anterior interventricular which descends in the anterior interventricular sulcus, and a circumflex branch which passes to the diaphragmatic surface of the left ventricle; gives atrial, ventricular, and atrioventricular branches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

La crosse de l'aorte donne 5 branches principales [parmi lesquelles se trouve] l'artère coronaire gauche : elle naît juste au-dessus de la valvule sigmoïde antéro-gauche, se divise en artère circonflexe et en artère interventriculaire antérieure qui gagne le sillon interventriculaire antérieur.

Spanish

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