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Synonyms and keywords: CX, circumflex artery, LCX, left circumflex artery, circumflex branch of the left coronary artery

Overview

The circumflex artery curves to the left around the heart within the coronary sulcus, giving rise to one or more diagonal or left marginal arteries (also called obtuse marginal branches (OM)) as it curves toward the posterior surface of the heart. It helps form the posterior left ventricular branch or posterolateral artery. The circumflex artery ends at the point where it joins to form to the posterior interventricular artery in ten percent of all cases, which lies in the posterior interventricular sulcus. In the other 90% of all cases the posterior interventricular artery comes out of the right coronary artery.

CX segments

The CX can be divided into three main segments (C1, C2 and C3) according to the origin of the marginal arteries. The CX segments are the following:

Proximal circumflex artery

The proximal circumflex artery is referred to as C1. It Extends from the origin of the circumflex off of the left main to the origin of the first marginal or obtuse marginal branch. When a second obtuse marginal is present and the first marginal is absent, the C1- C2 transition is defined as halfway from the origin of the circumflex to the origin of the second obtuse marginal.

Mid circumflex artery

The mid circumflex artery is referred to as C2. It Extends from the origin of the first marginal or obtuse marginal branch to the origin of the second marginal or obtuse marginal branch. When a second obtuse marginal is present and the first marginal is absent, the C1- C2 transition is defined as halfway from the origin of the circumflex to the origin of the second obtuse marginal. When a first obtuse marginal is present and the second marginal is absent, the C2- C3 transition is defined to be halfway from the first obtuse marginal to the end of C3.

Distal circumflex artery

The distal circumflex artery is referred to C3. It Extends from the origin of the second marginal or obtuse marginal to the termination of the circumflex artery in large right dominant anatomy or to the origin of the circumflex posterior branch (CP) in all other dominance.

CX branches

Marginal arteris

Marginal arteries are three longest branches off of the circumflex artery supplying the lateral wall of the left ventricle, unless there is a large branching vessel which dominates the lateral left ventricular wall. When a large dominating artery is present, it is called an obtuse marginal. These marginal arteries are numbered from one (proximal) to three (distal): M1, M2, M3.

Obtuse marginal arteries

Obtuse marginal artery is a large branching artery which dominates the lateral left ventricular wall. An obtuse marginal is composed of anterior and posterior branches which share a common trunk. The anterior and posterior branches may substitute for the first and second marginal branches (or the second and third marginal branches), although a first (or third) marginal is permitted if present. No more than a single obtuse marginal may be present. An obtuse marginal is further specified as OM1, OM2, or OM3 depending on where the trunk arises compared to the usual origins of the first, second and third marginal arteries.

Obtuse marginal trunk

Obtuse marginal trunk is the common trunk of an artery connecting the anterior and posterior branches of an obtuse marginal to the circumflex. As no more than a single obtuse marginal may be present, the OT is not numbered.

Cardiac supply

The LCX supplies the posterolateral left ventricle and the anterolateral papillary muscle.

It also supplies the sinoatrial nodal artery in 38% of people.

It supplies 15-25% of the left ventricle in right-dominant systems. If the coronary anatomy is left-dominant, the LCX supplies 40-50% of the left ventricle. (See Coronary circulation for description of dominance.)

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