{"id":21660,"date":"2016-11-07T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=21660"},"modified":"2016-11-07T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T23:58:10","slug":"left-anterior-descending-coronary-artery-stenosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/left-anterior-descending-coronary-artery-stenosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cl99WswufB0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21661\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21661 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LAD-stenosis.jpg\" alt=\"lad-stenosis\" width=\"323\" height=\"537\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis &#8211; AP cranial view<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stenosis of mid segment of left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery seen on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">anteroposterior (AP) cranial<\/span> view just after diagonal branch. Distal LAD is relatively narrow and there is mild ectasia just after the LAD stenosis. Proximal LAD also shows mild plaques. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Major OM<\/span> (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">obtuse marginal<\/span>) is a good sized vessel with proximal discrete stenosis. LCX (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">left circumflex<\/span>) beyond the origin of major OM is a small vessel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21662\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21662 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LAD-stenosis2.jpg\" alt=\"lad-stenosis2\" width=\"670\" height=\"537\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>LAD stenosis &#8211; LAO cranial view<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LAD stenosis is seen better in this <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LAO (left anterior oblique) cranial view<\/span>. Stenosis of major OM is hidden in this view. It may be noted that the diaphragm is well seen in both the cranial views.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis Stenosis of mid segment of left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery seen on anteroposterior (AP) cranial view just after diagonal branch. Distal LAD is relatively narrow and there is mild ectasia just after the LAD stenosis. Proximal LAD also shows mild plaques. Major OM (obtuse marginal) is a good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[233,293,918,2024,2025,2033,2063,2077,2083,2105,2290,2653],"class_list":["post-21660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angiography-and-interventions","category-cardiology","tag-anteroposterior-cranial-view","tag-ap-cranial-view","tag-coronary-artery-stenosis","tag-lad","tag-lad-stenosis","tag-lao-cranial-view","tag-lcx","tag-left-anterior-descending-coronary-artery","tag-left-anterior-oblique-cranial-view","tag-left-circumflex","tag-major-om","tag-obtuse-marginal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis - coronary angiogram<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis seen on coronary angiograms taken in AP cranial and LAO cranial views, seen better in the later.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/left-anterior-descending-coronary-artery-stenosis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis - 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