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coronary artery</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronary_arteries.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coronary_arteries.svg/250px-Coronary_arteries.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coronary_arteries.svg/375px-Coronary_arteries.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coronary_arteries.svg/500px-Coronary_arteries.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1047" data-file-height="673" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Coronary_circulation" title="Coronary circulation">Blood supply of the heart</a>, with the right coronary artery labelled.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">Heart</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Supplies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Right_atrium" class="mw-redirect" title="Right atrium">Right atrium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Right_ventricle" class="mw-redirect" title="Right ventricle">right ventricle</a>, 25-35% of <a href="/wiki/Left_ventricle" class="mw-redirect" title="Left ventricle">left ventricle</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>arteria coronaria dextra</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Acronym(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">RCA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/12.2.03.101%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A12.2.03.101</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=4131">4131</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma50039">50039</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429285" class="extiw" title="d:Q429285">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Coronary_circulation" title="Coronary circulation">blood supply of the heart</a>, the <b>right coronary artery</b> (<b>RCA</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">artery</a> originating above the right cusp of the <a href="/wiki/Aortic_valve" title="Aortic valve">aortic valve</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Aortic_sinus" title="Aortic sinus">right aortic sinus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It travels down the right <a href="/wiki/Coronary_sulcus" title="Coronary sulcus">coronary sulcus</a>, towards the <a href="/wiki/Crux_cordis" title="Crux cordis">crux of the heart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It gives off many branches, including the <a href="/wiki/Sinoatrial_nodal_artery" title="Sinoatrial nodal artery">sinoatrial nodal artery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Right_marginal_branch_of_right_coronary_artery" title="Right marginal branch of right coronary artery">right marginal artery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Posterior_interventricular_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior interventricular artery">posterior interventricular artery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conus_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Conus artery">conus artery</a>, <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Atrioventricular_nodal_branch" title="Atrioventricular nodal branch">atrioventricular nodal branch</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It contributes the right side of the heart, and parts of the <a href="/wiki/Interventricular_septum" title="Interventricular septum">interventricular septum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_coronary_artery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The right coronary artery originates above the <a href="/wiki/Aortic_sinus" title="Aortic sinus">right aortic sinus</a> above the <a href="/wiki/Aortic_valve" title="Aortic valve">aortic valve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It passes along the right <a href="/wiki/Coronary_sulcus" title="Coronary sulcus">coronary sulcus (right atrioventricular groove)</a> towards the <a href="/wiki/Crux_cordis" title="Crux cordis">crux of the heart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Segments">Segments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_coronary_artery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Segments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Proximal: starting at RCA origin, spanning half the distance to the <a href="/wiki/Right_border_of_heart" title="Right border of heart">acute margin</a><sup id="cite_ref-Villa2016_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Villa2016-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kini2007_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kini2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Middle: from proximal segment to the acute margin<sup id="cite_ref-Villa2016_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Villa2016-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kini2007_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kini2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Distal: from middle segment to origination point of the posterior interventricular artery, where the <a href="/wiki/Posterior_interventricular_sulcus" title="Posterior interventricular sulcus">posterior interventricular sulcus</a> meets the <a href="/wiki/Atrioventricular_groove" class="mw-redirect" title="Atrioventricular groove">atrioventricular groove</a> on the base of the heart.<sup id="cite_ref-Villa2016_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Villa2016-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kini2007_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kini2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variation">Variation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_coronary_artery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Variation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In approximately 80% of patients (right dominant), the RCA gives off the <a href="/wiki/Posterior_descending_artery" title="Posterior descending artery">posterior descending artery</a> (PDA). In the other 20%, of cases (left dominant or codominant), the PDA arises from the <a href="/wiki/Left_circumflex_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Left circumflex artery">left circumflex artery</a> or is supplied by both the right coronary artery and the left circumflex.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PDA supplies the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inferior_wall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inferior wall (page does not exist)">inferior wall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ventricular_septum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventricular septum">ventricular septum</a>, and the posteromedial <a href="/wiki/Papillary_muscle" title="Papillary muscle">papillary muscle</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The RCA also supplies the <a href="/wiki/SA_nodal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="SA nodal artery">SA nodal artery</a> in 60% of people. The other 40% of the time, the SA nodal artery is supplied by the <a href="/wiki/Left_circumflex_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Left circumflex artery">left circumflex artery</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Although rare, several anomalous courses of the right coronary artery have been described including origin from the left aortic sinus.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Distribution">Distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_coronary_artery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The right coronary artery supplies oxygenated blood to the <a href="/wiki/Atrium_(heart)" title="Atrium (heart)">right atrium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ventricle_(heart)" title="Ventricle (heart)">right ventricle</a>, and the posterior third and inferior end of the <a href="/wiki/Interventricular_septum" title="Interventricular septum">interventricular septum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It may also supply 25% to 35% of the <a href="/wiki/Left_ventricle" class="mw-redirect" title="Left ventricle">left ventricle</a> (LV).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is significant <a href="/wiki/Anastomosis" title="Anastomosis">overlap</a> of supply of the <a href="/wiki/Coronary_arteries" title="Coronary arteries">coronary arteries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The right coronary artery is dominant over the <a href="/wiki/Left_coronary_artery" title="Left coronary artery">left coronary artery</a> 50% of the time, equal to it 20% of the time, and less significant than it 30% of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_coronary_artery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronary_arteries_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Right coronary artery"><img alt="Right coronary artery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Coronary_arteries_2.jpg/120px-Coronary_arteries_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Coronary_arteries_2.jpg/180px-Coronary_arteries_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Coronary_arteries_2.jpg/240px-Coronary_arteries_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Right coronary artery</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray505.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The arch of the aorta, and its branches."><img alt="The arch of the aorta, and its branches." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Gray505.png/77px-Gray505.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Gray505.png/116px-Gray505.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Gray505.png/154px-Gray505.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The arch of the aorta, and its branches.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AMI_scheme.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Diagram of a myocardial infarction."><img alt="Diagram of a myocardial infarction." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/AMI_scheme.png/93px-AMI_scheme.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/AMI_scheme.png/139px-AMI_scheme.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/AMI_scheme.png/185px-AMI_scheme.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Diagram of a myocardial infarction.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aortic_stenosis_rheumatic,_gross_pathology_20G0014_lores.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aorta and coronary arteries at autopsy. The proximal portion of the RCA and its ostium can be seen at the lower left."><img alt="Aorta and coronary arteries at autopsy. The proximal portion of the RCA and its ostium can be seen at the lower left." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Aortic_stenosis_rheumatic%2C_gross_pathology_20G0014_lores.jpg/120px-Aortic_stenosis_rheumatic%2C_gross_pathology_20G0014_lores.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Aortic_stenosis_rheumatic%2C_gross_pathology_20G0014_lores.jpg/180px-Aortic_stenosis_rheumatic%2C_gross_pathology_20G0014_lores.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Aortic_stenosis_rheumatic%2C_gross_pathology_20G0014_lores.jpg/240px-Aortic_stenosis_rheumatic%2C_gross_pathology_20G0014_lores.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="466" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">Aorta</a> and coronary arteries at <a href="/wiki/Autopsy" title="Autopsy">autopsy</a>. The proximal portion of the RCA and its <a href="/wiki/Ostium_primum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostium primum">ostium</a> can be seen at the lower left.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Human_heart_with_coronary_arteries_new.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Human heart with coronary arteries"><img alt="Human heart with coronary arteries" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Human_heart_with_coronary_arteries_new.png/96px-Human_heart_with_coronary_arteries_new.png" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Human_heart_with_coronary_arteries_new.png/144px-Human_heart_with_coronary_arteries_new.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Human_heart_with_coronary_arteries_new.png/193px-Human_heart_with_coronary_arteries_new.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="780" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Human heart with coronary arteries</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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