10/06/2025
🗯️Some important notes about the coronary arteries and their clinical correlation::-
🔶 CHB [Complete Heart block ] is commonly associated with inferior MI as the AV nodal branch is derived from RCA [Right coronary artery ] in ~90 % of people ,and the degree of Heart block depends on the severity of blood supply affection
🔶 CHB [Infranodal ] with Anterior MI is associated with very poor prognosis as it indicates an extensive area of infarction .
🔶CHB is associated with 10 % of MI patients
🔶Right bundle branch block with Anterior MI is associated with bad prognosis and high mortality rate that's why we call it [the widow maker artery] , as it's associated with proximal LAD occlusion [Left anterior descending artery ] , occlusion before the origin of septal perforating branches supplying the Bundle branch and may be associated with left anterior or posterior fasciuler block
🔶 Posterior MI is related mainly to the left ventricular posterior wall and the affected artery is the PDA [posterior descending artery] which is derived mainly from the RCA in ~85 % of people or LCX [left circumflex Artery ] in about 8 % of people or co-dominant in 7% of people .
🔶Flail mitral valve [ Acute mitral Regurge as a complication to MI ] is commonly associated with posterior mitral leaflet affection as the PML recieves a single blood supply from the LCX or The RCA depending on which one is dominant ,while the AML [Anterior mitral leaflet recieves a dual blood supply from the LAD and LCX .
🔶 Anterior + inferior MI is associated with proximal occluded wrapped around LAD .
🔶Inferior MI alone may come in the context of Distally occluded wrapped around LAD .
🔶Inferior MI may be associated with Anterior MI without Wrapping LAD. if LAD occlusion occured in patient with CTO [chronic total occlusion ] of RCA recieving collateral branches from LAD .
🔶 Left main occlusion is associated with ST segment elevation from V1 to V6 +lead I + AVL and may be associated with elevation in AVR and indicates A very bad prognosis and high mortality rate .
🔶 The RCA supply the SA node in 60 % and the AV node in 90 % of people
Dr.Mostafa Omran 🩺