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Paper in review process by the International Journal of Morphology. Received may 4th/2009
The present study was performed in 51 hearts of human fetus. In 8 cases (15.7%) was founded a variation of aortic arch with 4 branches. Previous report of aortic arch with 4 branches showed 11 % of that variation in a group of 100 adults human hearts * This is the first report of variations in number of branches of aortic arch in human fetus.
* Gupta M, Sodhi L. Variations in branching pattern, shape, size and relative distances of arteries arising from arch of aorta. Nepal Med Coll J. 2005 Jun; 7(1):13 – 7
CODE: 5cHgt00002
Authors:
José Darío Rojas Oviedo / status: MD MSc
email:darojaso@gmail.com
Luis Ernesto Ballesteros / status: MSc
email:lballest56@gmail.com
Advisor: Luis Ernesto Ballesteros
Institution: Universidad Industrial de Santander. Colombia. www.uis.edu.co
Language: English
year: 2009