title: Variation in length and termination of the right coronary artery in man.
abstract: The length and termination of the right coronary artery of the human heart were studied in 81 hearts, after injection of a colored substance containing a radiopaque medium. The hearts were radiographed, dissected, drawn and photographed. The long type of right coronary artery, defined as a branch that reached or ran distal to the crux cordis, was found to be much more frequent (88.8%) than the short type and terminated in the majority of the cases (71.6%) as one of the posterior branches of the left ventricle. The relationship between these findings and the so-called "coronary circulation dominance" is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699.
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: D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values