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Dimension of circumflex branch according to type of heart vascularisation in foetal life of human
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Abstract
The subject of examination was 188 human foetuses from 4th to 7th month of prenatal life. Foetuses were fixed for minimum 3 months in 9% formalin solution. They were taken from natural abortions and did not characterise any external malformations. There was a different number of foetuses in a variety of morphological age groups. Adachi classification was used to describe all types: type I - classical, with equal coronary arteries, type II - predominance of right coronary artery, type III - predominance of left coronary artery.
Speed of circumflex branch growth in different types of vascularisation is various. Analysis of the differences among dimensions of artery in various types showed there are statistically crucial ones, especially between: types III and I or types III and II.
Abstract
The subject of examination was 188 human foetuses from 4th to 7th month of prenatal life. Foetuses were fixed for minimum 3 months in 9% formalin solution. They were taken from natural abortions and did not characterise any external malformations. There was a different number of foetuses in a variety of morphological age groups. Adachi classification was used to describe all types: type I - classical, with equal coronary arteries, type II - predominance of right coronary artery, type III - predominance of left coronary artery.
Speed of circumflex branch growth in different types of vascularisation is various. Analysis of the differences among dimensions of artery in various types showed there are statistically crucial ones, especially between: types III and I or types III and II.
Keywords
coronary artery; development; typology of coronary artery
Title
Dimension of circumflex branch according to type of heart vascularisation in foetal life of human
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Article type
Original article
Pages
61-63
Published online
2002-12-04
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Bibliographic record
Folia Morphol 2003;62(1):61-63.
Keywords
coronary artery
development
typology of coronary artery
Authors
Dariusz Nowak
Władimir Bożiłow