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10 - Right Coronary Dominance
Right dominance is the most common variant of coronary artery anatomy in which the posterior descending artery originates from the right coronary artery instead of the left circumflex artery. In this arrangement, the right coronary artery supplies the posterior descending artery.
Further Reading
Wu, B., Kheiwa, A., Swamy, P., Mamas, M.A., Tedford, R.J., Alasnag, M., Parwani, P. and Abramov, D. (2024) ‘Clinical Significance of Coronary Arterial Dominance: A Review of the Literature’,Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(9). Available at: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.032851 (Accessed: 28 February 2025).
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