left posterior ventricular vein

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Course

  • arises on the diaphragmatic surface of the heart near the apex
  • passes upwards on the posterior surfce of the heart, to the left & parallel with the posterior interventricular sulcus

Tributaries

posterior & inferior surface of heart

Empties into

great cardiac vein/coronary sinus

More general terms

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999