title: Human coronary sinus - from Galen to modern times.
abstract: Based on the review of the current literature and our own experiences we reviewed the literature paying most attention to human venous coronary system with special respect to coronary sinus - the largest vein of the heart. Many details still remain obscure, although most of modern procedures require deep anatomical knowledge on cardiac veins. Many of developmental remarks are still not clear, regarded to development of the vessels of the heart in association with origin of heart conductive system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika 12, Krakow, Poland. mazurmalg@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuniewicz
authors.forename: Wiesława
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klimek-Piotrowska
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kucharska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mizia
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mróz
authors.forename: Brygida
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wandzel-Loch
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans
keywords: anatomy; coronary sinus; triangle of Koch