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MERRITT B. WHITTEN, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1930;45(3):383-400.

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A description of the usual course of the coronary arteries and of their more common variations is necessary for the present study. As a detailed account of the finer branches of the coronary arteries is of no particular value in understanding the present work, an elaborate description of the vessels will not be presented, and an account of the auricular circulation will be omitted entirely.

THE USUAL DISTRIBUTION AND THE MORE COMMON VARIATIONS OF THE BLOOD VESSELS SUPPLYING THE VENTRICLES

The Typical Course of the Coronary Arteries.

—Both coronary arteries arise from the aorta close to its juncture with the ventricle. The right coronary artery originates from the anterior sinus of Valsalva, and passes to the coronary sulcus. It follows along this groove at the juncture of the right auricle and the right ventricle, and gives off branches to the anterior surface of the right ventricle. One or two of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Fellow in Medicine, Mayo Foundation ROCHESTER, MINN.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, July 12, 1929.

Abridgment of thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine, June, 1928.

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