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How serious is an occlusion of the left circumflex artery if your heart is left-side dominant? would an mi from that likely be fatal?
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Serious: Left dominance means the circumflex artery supplies the major back portion of the heart rather than the right artery So occlusion of this artery compromise a large area of heart muscle that can lead to death by fatal arrhythmia or by heart failure
Answered 7/5/2017
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