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Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 3/2005

01-08-2005 | Anatomic Variations

Anatomical variants of the lateral femoral circumflex artery: an angiographic study

Authors: Hozumi Fukuda, Mitsutaka Ashida, Rei Ishii, Shoko Abe, Kenji Ibukuro

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 3/2005

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Abstract

The descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery (LFCA) has found recent use as a new arterial graft for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Anatomical variants of the LFCA were assessed on femoral arteriograms obtained before CABG in 131 adult patients. The most common pattern, found in 78.6% of extremities, consisted of the LFCA arising from the deep femoral artery, and the arterial graft was selected from this pattern in 92.3% of patients in whom the descending branch of the LFCA was used for CABG.
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Metadata
Title
Anatomical variants of the lateral femoral circumflex artery: an angiographic study
Authors
Hozumi Fukuda
Mitsutaka Ashida
Rei Ishii
Shoko Abe
Kenji Ibukuro
Publication date
01-08-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 3/2005
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-004-0312-5

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