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Left marginal vein
Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Left marginal vein labeled at center left.)
Details
Drains from Left ventricle
Drains to Great cardiac vein
Artery Left marginal artery
Identifiers
Latinvena marginalis sinistra
TA98 A12.3.01.005
TA2 4161
FMA 4708
Anatomical terminology

The left marginal vein is a vein of the heart which courses near or over the left margin of the heart. It drains venous blood from much of the myocardium of the left ventricle. It usually empties into the great cardiac vein (but may sometimes instead drain into the coronary sinus directly). [1]

Along its course, it is accompanied by a marginal branch of the left coronary artery (the arterial branch running deep to the left marginal vein). [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 1093. ISBN  978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC  1201341621.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)