Items tagged “cardiac anatomy”
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Coronary veins
The coronary veins return deoxygenated blood from the myocardium back to the right atrium. Most venous blood returns via the coronary sinus. Coronary venous anatomy is highly variable, but is generally comprised of three groups:
cardiac veins which drain into the coronary sinus:
great cardiac ...
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Great cardiac vein
The great cardiac vein (GCV) runs in the anterior interventricular groove and drains the anterior aspect of the heart where it is the venous complement of the left anterior descending artery. It is the main tributary of the coronary sinus.
Gross anatomy
It begins on the anterior surface of th...
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Diagonal branches of the left anterior descending artery
Diagonal branches of the left anterior descending coronary artery supply blood flow to the anterior and anterolateral walls of the left ventricle. There are usually denoted as D1, D2, D3, etc.
There are termed "diagonal" due to them branching from their parent vessel at acute angles. They ext...
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Circumflex artery
The circumflex artery (Cx) is one of the two major coronary arteries that arise from the bifurcation of the left main coronary artery (the other branch being the left anterior descending (LAD) artery).
Terminology
The circumflex artery can be referred to by multiple terms:
circumflex artery (...
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Classification of Ebstein anomaly
There are several classification systems for Ebstein anomaly, the most commonly used are the Carpentier classification (anatomical classification) and the Celermajer index or the Great Ormond Street Echocardiography (GOSE) score for neonates.
These classification systems are crucial for determi...