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(Redirected from Widow maker) The anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery, (also left anterior descending artery (LAD), or anterior descending branch) is a branch of the left coronary artery. Occlusion of this artery is often called the widow-maker infarction. 1 Structure 1.1 Branches.
by Texas Heart Institute cardiovascular surgeon, Denton A. Cooley, MD. The widowmaker is an expression describing the complete closure of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. The LAD is an essential coronary artery and its occlusion can result in immediate death, hence the name.