Left atrial drainage of the great cardiac vein

Selçuk Akkaya; Selin Ardalı; Sinan Balcı; Tuncay Hazirolan

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2014.12.006

Left atrial drainage of the great cardiac vein

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015 May-Jun;9(3):225-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.12.006. Epub 2015 Jan 5.

Authors

Selçuk Akkaya¹, Selin Ardalı², Sinan Balcı², Tuncay Hazirolan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sıhhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey. Electronic address: selcuk.akkaya85@gmail.com.
² Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sıhhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey.

PMID: 25732676
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.12.006

Abstract

Coronary venous anomaly is a less studied and rarely encountered subject in contrast to the coronary arterial system. In this article, we present 2 cases of anomalous great cardiac veins that drain into the left atrium individually.

Keywords: Anomaly; CT; Cardiac; Vein.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Vessel Anomalies* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels* / diagnostic imaging
Female
Heart Atria / abnormalities*
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Middle Aged
Phlebography / methods
Predictive Value of Tests
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Veins / abnormalities