Right marginal branch of right coronary artery

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Right marginal branch of right coronary artery
Sternocostal surface of heart. (Right marginal artery not labeled, but is visible at bottom left.)
ARTERIES:
RCA = right coronary
AB = atrial branches
SANB = sinuatrial nodal
RMA = right marginal
LCA = left coronary
CB = circumflex branch
LAD/AIB = anterior interventricular
LMA = left marginal
PIA/PDA = posterior descending
MARG = left marginal
AVN = atrioventricular nodal

VEINS:
SCV = small cardiac
ACV = anterior cardiac
AIV/GCV = great cardiac
MCV = middle cardiac
CS = coronary sinus
Details
Sourceright coronary artery
Veinright marginal vein
Identifiers
Latinramus marginalis dexter arteriae coronariae dextrae
TA98A12.2.03.106
TA24137
FMA3818
Anatomical terminology

The right marginal branch of right coronary artery (or right marginal artery) is the largest marginal branch of the right coronary artery. It follows the acute margin of the heart. It supplies blood to both surfaces of the right ventricle.

Structure[edit]

The right marginal branch is the largest branch to split off from the right coronary artery.[1][2] It often anastomoses with the nearby parallel posterior interventricular artery, which itself is usually a continuation of the right coronary artery.[3]

Variation[edit]

The right marginal branch may reach the distal part of the posterior interventricular sulcus.[3]

Function[edit]

The right marginal branch primarily supplies the right ventricle.[2][4]

Additional images[edit]

Coronary arteries (labeled in red text) and other major landmarks (in blue text). Right (acute) marginal artery is labeled at left in the image.
  • Human heart with coronary arteries
    Human heart with coronary arteries

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aggeli, Constantina; Mavrogeni, Sofia; Tousoulis, Dimitris (2018-01-01), Tousoulis, Dimitris (ed.), "Chapter 3.5.1 - Non-invasive Imaging Techniques in Coronary Artery Disease", Coronary Artery Disease, Academic Press, pp. 337–358, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811908-2.00017-9, ISBN 978-0-12-811908-2, retrieved 2020-11-18
  2. ^ a b Antonopoulos, Alexios S.; Siasos, Gerasimos; Antoniades, Charalambos; Tousoulis, Dimitris (2018-01-01), Tousoulis, Dimitris (ed.), "Chapter 2.1 - Functional Anatomy", Coronary Artery Disease, Academic Press, pp. 121–126, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811908-2.00008-8, ISBN 978-0-12-811908-2, retrieved 2020-11-18
  3. ^ a b Sivananthan, M. (2018-01-01), "Coronary Anatomy", in Vasan, Ramachandran S.; Sawyer, Douglas B. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine, Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 691–699, ISBN 978-0-12-805154-2, retrieved 2021-01-08
  4. ^ Wu, Justina C. (2019-01-01), Solomon, Scott D.; Wu, Justina C.; Gillam, Linda D. (eds.), "18 - Acute Myocardial Infarction", Essential Echocardiography, Elsevier, pp. 195–199.e1, ISBN 978-0-323-39226-6, retrieved 2021-01-08

External links[edit]

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