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What do the following medical terms mean:
LAD OM1 OM2 RCA PDA
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RCA Right coronary artery.
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These are some of the named arteries int he heart:
LAD: left anterior descending artery
OM1 : first obtuse marginal artery
OM2: Second obtuse marginal artery
PDA posterior descending artery
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