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What does LAD stand for?

I have a friend that just had stints put in due to 80% blockage of the LAD and cicumtec - at least that was his explanation. What exactly is the LAD and cicumtec?
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circumflex...coronary artery of the heart
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LAD =left anterior descending, left axis deviation or leukocyte adhesion deficiency, so I think he got the abbreviation not quite right.  

Likely to do with left atrium.  Cicumtec is not in Taber's medical dictionary here- like a mis-spelling of something else?
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