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Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas
On-line version ISSN 1561-3011
Abstract
NAVAS CONTINO, Mirka et al. The ventricular myocardium from a quantitative approach. It´s relation to the length of the human embryo. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2023, vol.42 Epub Dec 01, 2023. ISSN 1561-3011.
Introduction:
Despite the increase in knowledge of human morphogenesis, especially cardiogenesis and the processes by which the morphology of the ventricular myocardium is defined, little is known about the quantitative details in it.
Objectives:
To quantitatively describe the development of compact and non-compact ventricular myocardium and its correlation with cranio-rump length. Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional study in 18 human embryos from Carnegie stages 17 to 23, belonging to the Embryoteca of the Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences. The length of the embryo, the thickness of the compact, trabecular and total myocardium were measured in the lateral wall of both ventricles and the cardiac apex.
Results:
The thickness of the lateral wall of the compact myocardium increases in both ventricles from Carnegie stages 17 to 23, from 0.06 mm to 0.17 mm in the right and from 0.09 to 0.23 mm in the left ventricles. The thickness of the trabeculated lateral wall decreases with the advancement of the stages, from 0.43 mm to 0.34 mm in the right and from 0.45 mm to 0.37 mm in the left. The total lateral wall thickness increases from 0.48 mm to 0.51 mm in the right ventricle and from 0.52 mm to 0.62 mm in the left. The wall thickness of the compact vertex increases from 0.19 mm to 0.25 mm.
Conclusions:
Ventricular wall compaction increases with development; the cranio-spinal length is related to the thickness of the ventricular myocardium.
Keywords : human embryo; myocardial compaction; morphometry.