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Heart bypass surgery - series - Normal anatomy

Normal anatomy:

The coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscle. The left coronary artery supplies blood to the left ventricle. The right coronary artery supplies blood to the right and left ventricles.

Reviewed last on: 6/7/2008
Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Heart bypass surgery - series - Normal anatomy

Normal anatomy: