Coronary Arteries Flashcards
What arteries supply the right side of the heart?
Right coronary artery
Right marginal artery
Posterior interventricular artery
What arteries supply the left side of the heart?
Left coronary artery
Left anterior descending
Left marginal artery
Left circumflex artery
What does the right coronary artery supply?
SAN, AVN, posterior interventricular septum
Right atrium and ventricle
What does the right marginal artery supply?
Right ventricle and apex
What does the posterior interventricular artery supply?
Right ventricle, left ventricle, Posterior 1/3 of interventricular septum
What does the left coronary artery supply?
Left atria, ventricle, bundle of his
What does the left anterior descending supply?
Left ventricle, right ventricle, interventricular septum
What does the left marginal artery supply?
Left ventricle
What does the left circumflex artery supply?
Left atria and ventricle
What is systolic heart failure?
Heart doesn’t pump hard enough
What is diastolic heart failure?
Heart doesn’t fill to full volume
What happens in left sided heart failure?
Blood backs up in lung
Pulmonary oedema
What happens in right sided heart failure?
Blood backs up in rest of body
Peripheral oedema
