49 A 62-year-old man with unstable angina pectoris undergoes coronary catheterization followed by angioplasty. During the procedure, the patient is found to have left- dominant coronary circulation. Following angioplasty of the circumflex artery in this patient, which of the following arteries supplied by the circumflex artery would receive increased blood flow? A) Acute marginal B) Anterior interventricular (left anterior descending) C) Left coronary D) Posterior interventricular (posterior descending) E) Right coronary

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49 A 62-year-old man with unstable angina pectoris undergoes coronary catheterization followed by angioplasty. During the procedure, the patient is found to have left-
dominant coronary circulation. Following angioplasty of the circumflex artery in this patient, which of the following arteries supplied by the circumflex artery would
receive increased blood flow?
A) Acute marginal
B) Anterior interventricular (left anterior descending)
C) Left coronary
D) Posterior interventricular (posterior descending)
E) Right coronary
Transcribed Image Text:49 A 62-year-old man with unstable angina pectoris undergoes coronary catheterization followed by angioplasty. During the procedure, the patient is found to have left- dominant coronary circulation. Following angioplasty of the circumflex artery in this patient, which of the following arteries supplied by the circumflex artery would receive increased blood flow? A) Acute marginal B) Anterior interventricular (left anterior descending) C) Left coronary D) Posterior interventricular (posterior descending) E) Right coronary
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By which the coronary artery branch gives off the posterior descending artery and supplies the inferior wall of the heart, which will be deciding the dominance of the heart. and is as left, right, or codominant.

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