{"id":57364,"date":"2022-12-09T16:09:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/?p=57364"},"modified":"2022-12-09T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:39:59","slug":"types-of-lad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/types-of-lad\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of LAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KisLCWKBR2g\" 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: #339966;\">Types of LAD<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Left anterior descending coronary artery, known in short as LAD has been classified into four types depending on the length:<\/p>\n<p>Type 1: Does not supply the left ventricular apex.<\/p>\n<p>Type 2: Supplies part of the apex, the rest being supplied by the right coronary artery.<\/p>\n<p>Type 3: Supplies the entire apex.<\/p>\n<p>Type 4: Supplies the apex and more than 25% of the inferior wall (wrap around LAD).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rehman I, Kerndt CC, Rehman A. Anatomy, Thorax, Heart Left Anterior Descending (LAD) Artery. [Updated 2022 Jul 25]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-.&nbsp;<span class=\"bk_cite_avail\">Available from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK482375\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK482375\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of LAD Left anterior descending coronary artery, known in short as LAD has been classified into four types depending on the length: Type 1: Does not supply the left ventricular apex. Type 2: Supplies part of the apex, the rest being supplied by the right coronary artery. Type 3: Supplies the entire apex. 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