Circumflex branch of left coronary artery
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"Circumflex branch" redirects here. For the circumflex branch of the posterior tibial artery, see Circumflex fibular artery.
The circumflex branch of left coronary artery (also known as the left circumflex artery or circumflex artery[citation needed]) is a branch of the left coronary artery. It winds around the left side of the heart along the atrioventricular groove (coronary sulcus). It supplies the posterolateral portion of the left ventricle.[1]
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Circumflex branch of left coronary artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Left coronary artery |
Branches | Left atrial branch left marginal artery posterolateral artery sinuatrial nodal artery (in some people) posterior interventricular artery (in some people) |
Supplies | Posterolateral left ventricle, anterolateral papillary muscle, the sinoatrial nodal artery in 38% of people. |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus circumflexus arteriae coronariae sinistrae |
TA98 | A12.2.03.206 |
TA2 | 4148 |
FMA | 3895 |
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In a minority of individuals, the left circumflex artery gives rise to the posterior interventricular artery, in which cases such a heart is deemed left dominant.[1]