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Internal Thoracic Artery
Abstract
The origins of this artery may vary as follows: a) It may arise from the subclavian, behind or in front of scalenus anterior; b) the right artery may arise from the ascending aorta; or c) it may arise in common with the inferior thyroid. The left internal thoracic artery has been shown by Robicsek, et al.(1967), to give rise to a anterior interventricular (descending) coronary artery, the usual supply being the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD-CA).
The origins of this artery may vary as follows: a) It may arise from the subclavian, behind or in front of scalenus anterior; b) the right artery may arise from the ascending aorta; or c) it may arise in common with the inferior thyroid.
The left internal thoracic artery has been shown by Robicsek, et al.(1967), to give rise to a anterior interventricular (descending) coronary artery, the usual supply being the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD-CA).
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Riferimenti dell’opera originale
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- Gruber, W. (1872) Ueber die Varianten des ungewöhnlichen Ursprunges der Arteria mammaria interna und des Truncus thyreocervicalis. Arch. f. Pathologische Anatomie u. Physiol. u. f. Klinische Medicin. 45(3):485.
- Robicsek, F. ,Sanger, P.W., Daugherty, H.K. and V. Gallucci. (1967) Origin of the anterior interventricular (descending) coronary artery and vein from the left mammary vessels: A previously unknown anomaly of the coronary system. J Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 53:602-604.
- Vorster, W., duPlooy, P.T., and J.H. Meiring. (1998) Abnormal origin of internal thoracic and vertebral arteries. Clin.Anat. 11:33-37.
- See Lateral Internal Thoracic artery for references.
Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Cardiovascular system
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Adaptation
Adaptation of «Internal Thoracic Artery — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/Cardiovascular/Text/Arteries/ThoracicInternal.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.
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