title: Myocardial bridges over coronary arteries in Cercopithecus.
abstract: The presence of myocardial bridges over the coronary arteries has been studied in 29 monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) hearts. The great resemblance between the Cercopithecus subepicardial arterial net with the corresponding one in humans has been revealed. There is a high incidence (83%) of myocardial bridges only over the ventricular branches of both coronary arteries. Myocardial bridges are usually (90%) located over the left coronary artery branches, and the left anterior interventricular branch is the most frequently (69%) overbridged vessel. The bridges are always single over the vessel examined and their length varies from 0.5 mm to 31.6 mm. No statistically significant sexual difference in myocardial bridges distribution is reported.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teofilovski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Filipovic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bogdanovic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trpinac
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rankovic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stankovic
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: DiDio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006922:Hylobates / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013045:Species Specificity