title: The atrioventricular and ventriculoatrial branches of the human coronary arteries in relation to the type of arterial vascularization.
abstract: Studies were performed on 130 hearts removed from cadavers of adults of both sexes. The atrioventricular (A-V) and ventriculoatrial (V-A) branches are vessels which supply both the atrial and ventricular walls through the recurrent rami. A-V and A-V branches often form the superficial and deep networks in relation to the right coronary artery and cirumflex branch of the left coronary artery. The described vessels were observed in 7,5% of cases in the right type, in 53,4% of cases in the symmetrical type of arterial vascularization, and in 23% of instances in the left type of arterial supply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Academy of Medicine, Lódź.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krupa
mesh_terms: D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male