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Left ventricular myocardial segments (diagram)

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis not applicable

Myocardial segments:

  1. basal anterior
  2. basal anteroseptal
  3. basal inferoseptal
  4. basal inferior
  5. basal inferolateral
  6. basal anterolateral
  7. mid anterior
  8. mid anteroseptal
  9. mid inferoseptal
  10. mid inferior
  11. mid inferolateral
  12. mid anterolateral
  13. apical anterior
  14. apical septal
  15. apical inferior
  16. apical lateral
  17. apex

Coronary artery supply:

  • blue = LAD
  • yellow = LCx
  • red = RCA

Case Discussion

The 17 LV myocardial segments and standard coronary artery supply according to the Cardiac Imaging Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association in 2002 1.

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