If a cardiologist inserts catheter into right femoral artery which arteries would the tube have to pass through in order reach entrance left coronary artery?

The right femoral artery is located in the thigh. In order to reach the entrance of the left coronary artery, the catheter would need to pass through the following arteries:

1. Right femoral artery

2. External iliac artery

3. Common iliac artery

4. Abdominal aorta

5. Left subclavian artery

6. Left common carotid artery

7. Left coronary artery

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