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https://doi.org/10.14300/mnnc.2023.18100

Cardiac venous system: a literature review

[Reviews]
Edgar Sabirovich Kafarov; Ilya Sergeevich Miltykh; Oleg Konstantinovich Zenin;

Cardiovascular diseases are a significant challenge for health care and society in general, since half of all deaths in Russia are related to these conditions. Cardiac vessels provide an adequate blood supply to this organ. Any impairment of blood inflow and/or outflow from the heart can lead to a variety of diseases. Despite this, most morphological studies of cardiac vessels are limited to the analysis of cardiac coronary arteries anatomy, overlooking cardiac veins. This review includes the veins of the coronary sinus system, the anterior cardiac vein system, and the Thebesian veins.

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Keywords: cardiac veins, heart vasculature, Thebesian veins