page_title: Left anterior descending artery
hierarchical_section_title: Left anterior descending artery
caption_attribution_description: English: coronary sulcus or human heart skeleton&#160;
context_page_description: The left anterior descending artery is a branch of the left coronary artery. Blockage of this artery is often called the widow-maker infarction due to a high death risk.
context_section_description: The left anterior descending artery (also  LAD, anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery, or anterior descending branch) is a branch of the left coronary artery. Blockage of this artery is often called the widow-maker infarction due to a high death risk.
caption: Sternocostal surface of heart. Anterior descending branch labeled at upper right
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