Left gastric artery
Arteria gastrica sinistra
CardiovascularBlood vesselsAbdomen
- What it is
- The smallest coeliac branch; it climbs to the cardia of the stomach, gives oesophageal branches, then runs down the lesser curvature to join the right gastric artery.
- Function
- Supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the lower oesophagus.
- Size
- ~3–4 mm diameter.
- Clinical note
- A bleeding gastric ulcer high on the lesser curvature can erode it, causing major haematemesis.