title: Variation in length and termination of the ramus circumflexus of the human left coronary artery.
abstract: The length and termination of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery were studied in 81 hearts, after injection of the coloured substance containing a radiopaque medium. The hearts were radiographed, dissected, drawn and photographed. The short type of circumflex branch, defined as a branch that did not reach the crux cordis, was found to be much more frequent (86.4%) than the long type and terminated in the majority of the cases (76.5%) as one of the posterior branches of the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: DiDio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teofilovski-Parapid
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D044466:Asian People; D044383:Black People; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D044465:White People