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04 - Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD)

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The anterior interventricular artery, also commonly known as the left anterior descending artery (LAD), is one of the heart’s major arteries. It originates from the left main coronary artery, descends along the interventricular sulcus, and gives rise to other important branches.

Further Reading

Rehman, I., Kerndt, C.C. and Rehman, A. (2021) ‘Anatomy, Thorax, Heart Left Anterior Descending (LAD) Artery’, StatPearls [Online]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; July. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482375/ (Accessed: 28 February 2025).

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Authored by: Bogdan Leahu, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, ST Histopathology
Licence: Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International More information on licences
First contributed: 21 March 2025
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