Left-dominant coronary circulation

Case contributed by Matt A. Morgan , 28 Oct 2014
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 14 Sep 2021

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Age changed from 49Y to 50 years.

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Series of images from a coronary CTA, demonstrating left left-dominant circulation.

The images show the left circumflex artery eventually supplying the posterior descending artery (PDA), which travels in the posterior interventricular groove from the crux of the heart to the apex (red arrows).  The orange arrows point to obtuse marginal branches of the left circumflex, supplying the posterior aspect of the left ventricle.

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Image CT (C+ arterial phase) ( update )

Description was removed:
The images show the left circumflex artery eventually supplying the posterior descending artery (PDA), which travels in the posterior interventricular groove from the crux of the heart to the apex (red arrows). The orange arrows point to obtuse marginal branches of the left circumflex, supplying the posterior aspect of the left ventricle.

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