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Fig. 5

From: Left main coronary artery morphological phenotypes and its hemodynamic properties

Fig. 5

Description of geometric parameters of LM. LAD left anterior descending artery, LCX left circumflexus, LM left main coronary artery, RCA right coronary artery, \(D_{{{\text{LM}}}}\), distance between the endpoints of LM; \(L_{{{\text{LM}}}}\), arc length of LM; \( \alpha_{{{\text{LAD}} - {\text{LCX}}}}\), angle between LAD and LCX; \(\alpha_{{{\text{LAD}} - {\text{LM}}}}\), angle between LAD and LM; \(\alpha_{{{\text{LCX}} - {\text{LM}}}}\), angle between LCX and LM; \(\varphi_{{{\text{LM}}}}\), inscribing circle diameter of distal LM; \(\alpha_{{{\text{ostia}}}}\), LM ostial title angle; \(\varphi_{{{\text{LAD}}}}\), inscribing circle diameter of proximal LAD; \(\varphi_{{{\text{LCX}}}}\), inscribing circle diameter of proximal LCX

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