Posterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery

Preferred Label : Posterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery;

FMA definition : Variant coronary artery which comes from the right coronary artery or from the circumflex branch of left coronary artery to supply the posterior wall of right ventricle.;

Synonyme FMA : Posterior descending branch of left coronary artery; Left posterior interventricular artery;

Details

Origin ID

3924;

UMLS CUI

C0278433;

Arterial supply
- Inferior wall of left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of apical zone of left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of basal zone of left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of mid zone of left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of right ventricle [FMA entity]
- Right ventricle [FMA entity]
Branch
- First septal branch of left posterior interventricular artery [FMA entity]
- Second septal branch of left posterior interventricular artery [FMA entity]
- Third septal branch of left posterior interventricular artery [FMA entity]
Branch of
- Circumflex branch of left coronary artery [FMA entity]
Continuous with
- Apical zone of anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery [FMA entity]
Continuous with
- Apical zone of anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of left posterior descending branch of circumflex branch of left coronary artery (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- left posterior descending branch of circumflex branch of left coronary artery [SNOMED Notion]

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