Download Coronary Sinus Vein Gallery. The ability to confidently perform coronary vein venoplasty revolutionizes the operator's approach to lv lead placement. It returns the majority of the blood supply for the left ventricle to the right atrium.
The ability to confidently perform coronary vein venoplasty revolutionizes the operator's approach to lv lead placement.
A coronary vein is any of the veins that return the blood from the tissues of the heart that open into the right atrium either directly or through the coronary sinus. The great coronary vein empties into the coronary sinus, which in turn empties into the pulmonary artery into the right atrium. The coronary sinus is a collection of veins joined together to form a large vessel that collects blood from the myocardium of the heart. The coronary sinus tributaries include the cs, the gcv, the left marginal vein, the posterolateral vein of the lv, and the inferior interventricular vein (iiv) (fig.
