What does LAD stand for?

Left Anterior Descending (anatomical location of coronary artery)

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The left anterior descending coronary artery was ligated in the test group (n = 41), and the sham control group did not have ligation (n = 7).

United States: Wideband High-Frequency Echocardiography to Evaluate ...

Yamaji et al (2) showed that ST elevation in aVR greater than or equal to that in V1 distinguished LMCA group from left anterior descending coronary artery disease group with 81% sensitivity, 80% specificity and 81% accuracy.

May positive U waves in V1-V3 leads predict left main coronary artery ...

The inferior left ostium supplied the left anterior descending coronary artery, which had an initial intraseptal course, to become epicardial in the mid-left ventricular wall within the interventricular sulcus.

Anomalous origin of 4 coronary ostia from the right sinus of valsalva ...

Coronary angiogram demonstrated a coronary artery fistula (CAF) originating from the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery superior to a critical atheromatous stenosis (Fig.

Coronary to pulmonary artery fistula associated with significant ...