Aneurysm of the great cardiac vein

被引：0
作者：
Marios Loukas
R. Shane Tubbs
Robert Jordan
机构：
[1] St. George’s University School of Medicine,Department of Anatomical Sciences
[2] Harvard Medical School,Department of Education and Development
[3] University of Birmingham Alabama,Department of Cell Biology and Pediatric Neurosurgery
来源：
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | 2007年 / 29卷
关键词：
Great cardiac vein; Anterior interventricular artery; Aneurysm; Cardiac veins; Circumflex branch; Cardiac surgery; Cardiac electrophysiology;
D O I：
暂无
中图分类号：
学科分类号：
摘要：
Anatomical variations in the cardiac veins have the potential to cause iatrogenic injuries during cardiac surgical procedures or cardiac resynchronization therapy. We present a case of an 86-year-old man, which presented with a great cardiac vein aneurysm. The great cardiac vein arose near the apex of the interventricular sulcus to the right of the anterior interventricular branch (AIB) of the left coronary artery and crossed the AIB anteriorly to the left. The great cardiac vein aneurysm appeared to be due to a possible distal constriction of the great cardiac vein by a small muscular branch of the circumflex branch and a possible proximal constriction by the left marginal artery. Cardiologists who interpret imaging of the cardiac veins and cardiac surgeons who operate close to the great cardiac vein should be aware of such a variation.
引用
收藏
页码：169 / 172
页数：3
相关论文
共 129 条
[1]  
Aho A(1950)On the venous network of the human heart and its arterio-venous anastomoses Ann Med Exp Biol Fenn 28 1-90
[2]  
Ansari A(2001)Anatomy and clinical significance of ventricular Thebesian veins Clin Anat 14 102-110
[3]  
Auricchio A(1999)Transvenous biventricular pacing for heart failure: can the obstacles be overcome? Am J Cardiol 83 136D-142D
[4]  
Klein H(2004)Great cardiac vein variations Clin Anat 17 436-443
[5]  
Tockman B(2005)Avoidable errors in cardiac surgery: anastomosis of the left internal mammary artery to a vein Ann Thorac Surg 79 1769-1771
[6]  
Sack S(1997)Mapping of the coronary sinus and great cardiac vein using a 2-French electrode catheter and a right femoral approach J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 8 371-376
[7]  
Stellbrink C(1993)Gross and microvascular distribution of retrograde cardioplegia in explanted human hearts Ann Thorac Surg 56 410-417
[8]  
Neuzner J(1985)Pre-excitation due to accessory sinoventricular connections associated with coronary sinus aneurysms Br Heart J 53 314-322
[9]  
Kramer A(1988)Coronary venous aneurysms and accessory atrioventricular connections Br Heart J 60 348-351
[10]  
Ding J(2006)Giant aneurysm of the coronary sinus J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 17 690-542
12345678910