left anterior descending coronary artery


left anterior descending coronary artery

Abbreviation: LAD coronary artery
One of two major branches of the left coronary artery. It runs down the anterior interventricular groove, and it supplies blood to the anterior walls of the right and left ventricles and to the interventricular septum. Synonym: anterior interventricular artery; left anterior descending artery; left descending artery; left descending coronary artery See: heart for illus.See also: artery

Left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD)

One of the heart's coronary artery branches from the left main coronary artery which supplies blood to the left ventricle.Mentioned in: Cardiac Catheterization