Abnormal drainage of the middle cardiac vein (V. cordis media).
The middle cardiac vein (V. cordis media) which is known to be one of the tributaries of the coronary sinus (Sinus coronarius) is found to open into the left atrium in a 79 years old female cadaver. The ostium is guarded by a semilunar (crescent shaped) valve.
Bahru
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Institut für Anatomie, Medizinischen Fakultät der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig, DDR.
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D000368:Aged; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans