Cardiac Nursing
The Coronary Arteries
- Right Coronary Artery
- Left Main
- Left Anterior Descending
- Left Circumflex
As a cardiac nurse it is important to know the main cardiac arteries in the heart and what structures they present with blood supply. When you analyze a patient's ecg you will then be able to decifer which artery is involved, and which structures of the heart are being affected for a patient with a myocardial infarction.
When analysing an ECG it will always help to keep this diagram in
mind: ![ECG regions](https://s3.amazonaws.com/shecodesio-production/uploads/files/000/077/561/original/Localization_of_coronary_artery_territories.jpg?1681736717")
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