Middle cardiac vein

Middle cardiac vein
Middle cardiac vein
	Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Middle cardiac vein labeled at bottom.)
	ARTERIES:; RCA = right coronary; AB = atrial branches; SANB = sinuatrial nodal; RMA = right marginal; LCA = left coronary; CB = circumflex branch; LAD/AIB = anterior interventricular; LMA = left marginal; PIA/PDA = posterior descending; AVN = atrioventricular nodal; ; VEINS:; SCV = small cardiac; ACV = anterior cardiac; AIV/GCV = great cardiac; MCV = middle cardiac; CS = coronary sinus
Details
Drains to	Coronary sinus
Artery	Posterior interventricular artery
Identifiers
Latin	Vena cardiaca media, ; vena cordis media
TA98	A12.3.01.009
TA2	4165
FMA	4713
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The middle cardiac vein commences at the apex of the heart; ascends in the posterior longitudinal sulcus, and ends in the coronary sinus near its right extremity.

Structure[]

Variation[]

The middle cardiac vein has a constant location on the surface of the ventricles.^[1]

Clinical significance[]

The middle cardiac vein is useful for epicardial access to the inferior side of the ventricles.^[2]

References[]

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 642 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

^ Worley, Seth J. (2017-01-01), Ellenbogen, Kenneth A.; Wilkoff, Bruce L.; Kay, G. Neal; Lau, Chu-Pak (eds.), "30 - Coronary Sinus Lead Implantation", Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation and Resynchronization Therapy (Fifth Edition), Elsevier, pp. 739–834, ISBN 978-0-323-37804-8, retrieved 2021-01-08
^ Issa, Ziad F.; Miller, John M.; Zipes, Douglas P. (2012-01-01), Issa, Ziad F.; Miller, John M.; Zipes, Douglas P. (eds.), "Chapter 27 - Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia", Clinical Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease (Second Edition), Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 608–617, ISBN 978-1-4557-1274-8, retrieved 2021-01-08

External links[]

Anatomy figure: 20:04-05 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Posterior view of the heart."

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[1] Worley, Seth J. (2017-01-01), Ellenbogen, Kenneth A.; Wilkoff, Bruce L.; Kay, G. Neal; Lau, Chu-Pak (eds.), "30 - Coronary Sinus Lead Implantation", Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation and Resynchronization Therapy (Fifth Edition), Elsevier, pp. 739–834, ISBN 978-0-323-37804-8, retrieved 2021-01-08

[2] Issa, Ziad F.; Miller, John M.; Zipes, Douglas P. (2012-01-01), Issa, Ziad F.; Miller, John M.; Zipes, Douglas P. (eds.), "Chapter 27 - Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia", Clinical Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease (Second Edition), Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 608–617, ISBN 978-1-4557-1274-8, retrieved 2021-01-08

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Middle cardiac vein
Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Middle cardiac vein labeled at bottom.)
ARTERIES: RCA = right coronary AB = atrial branches SANB = sinuatrial nodal RMA = right marginal LCA = left coronary CB = circumflex branch LAD/AIB = anterior interventricular LMA = left marginal PIA/PDA = posterior descending AVN = atrioventricular nodal VEINS: SCV = small cardiac ACV = anterior cardiac AIV/GCV = great cardiac MCV = middle cardiac CS = coronary sinus
Details
Drains to	Coronary sinus
Artery	Posterior interventricular artery
Identifiers
Latin	Vena cardiaca media, vena cordis media
TA98	A12.3.01.009
TA2	4165
FMA	4713
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]