Download Coronary Arteries And Branches Background. The circumflex artery branches off the left coronary artery and encircles the heart muscle. Small branches dive into the heart muscle to bring it blood.

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Great cardiac vein, along with the small and middle cardiac veins, drain into the coronary sinus emptying into the right atrium. Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle (myocardium). The coronary arteries wrap around the outside of the heart.

Coronary artery disease develops when these arteries become clogged with plaque.

Located just above the aortic valve are the ostia of the left and the left anterior descending artery typically branches into the diagonal arteries, deep septal perforators, and the left descending septal artery. It sends blood to the front of the left side of the heart. The coronary arteries provide oxygenated blood to the heart. Coronary artery disease develops when these arteries become clogged with plaque.