Table 1.

Number and proportion of mice of the nine groups studied, with the different coronary artery conditions examined. See the text for further explanation

Mouse group	Septal artery			Accessory ostium	High take‐off	Single coronary artery
	Right	Left	Both
n = 108 C57BL/6	n = 49 (C+H)			n = 107 (C+H+S)	n = 108 (C+H+S)	n = 108 (C+H+S)
	16 (32%)	13 (27%)	20 (41%)	33 (31%)	63 (58%)	6 (6%)
n = 33 Balb/c	n = 9 (C)			n = 33 (C+S)	n = 33 (C+S)	n = 33 (C+S)
	7 (78%)	0	2 (22%)	13 (39%)	0	0
n = 84 DBA/2	–	–	–	n = 84 (S)	n = 84 (S)	n = 84 (S)
				19 (23%)	4 (5%)	1 (1%)
n = 112 CD1	–	–	–	n = 112 (S)	n = 112 (S)	n = 112 (S)
				34 (30%)	18 (16%)	0
n = 85 OF1	–	–	–	n = 85 (S)	n = 85 (S)	n = 85 (S)
				9 (11%)	5 (6%)	1 (1%)
n = 88 NMRI	–	–	–	n = 88 (S)	n = 88 (S)	n = 88 (S)
				21 (24%)	10 (11%)	3 (3%)
n = 18 CD2F1	n = 17 (H)			n = 18 (H)	n = 17 (H)	n = 18 (H)
	11 (67%)	0	6 (33%)	4 (22%)	0	0
n = 10 129sv × BL/6	n = 10 (H)			n = 10 (H)	n = 10 (H)	n = 10 (H)
	8 (80%)	1 (10%)	1 (10%)	3 (30%)	4 (40%)	0
n = 59 Wild mouse	n = 57 (C)			n = 53 (C)	n = 58	n = 57 (C)
	50 (87%)	1 (2%)	6 (11%)	16 (30%)	3 (5%)	0

C, corrosion‐cast technique; H, light microscopy; n, number of specimens examined; S, scanning electron microscopy.