great cardiac vein

Introduction

The great cardiac vein begins at the apex of the heart where it anastomoses with the middle cardiac vein. It runs 1st with the anterior interventricular artery as it ascends in the anterior interventricular groove. It then turns left as it reaches the coronary groove to run with the circumflex branch of the left main coronary artery. It merges with the oblique vein of the left atrium to form the coronary sinus.

More general terms

• vein