left marginal artery

[TA]

a large ventricular branch of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery that courses along the center of the left pulmonary surface (obtuse margin) of the heart, usually to the apex.

Synonym(s): ramus marginalis sinister arteriae coronariae sinistrae [TA]

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left mar·gi·nal ar·te·ry

(left mahr'ji-năl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]

A large ventricular branch of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery that courses along the center of the left pulmonary surface (obtuse margin) of the heart, usually to the apex.
Synonym(s): ramus marginalis sinister arteriae coronariae sinistrae.

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References in periodicals archive

of Hearts Anterior Inter Ventricular Artery 12 (66.6%) Left Marginal Artery 5 (27.7%) Left Diagonal Artery 3 (16.7%) Right Coronary Artery 2 (11.2%) Left Circumflex Artery 1 (5.5%) Table 3 Multi Arterial Bridging 5 (28%) 1.

A CADAVERIC STUDY OF THE MYOCARDIAL BRIDGES

The left marginal artery, located on the left ventricular edge, originated from the circumflex branch of the coronary artery in two individuals, one male and one female (33.3 %).

The left marginal artery was found in five (83.3%) of the P.

Coronary Irrigation in Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae)/Irrigacion Coronaria en Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae)

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