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Small cardiac vein

ECG leads / veins

Runs in the right atrioventricular groove beside the RCA, collecting from the right ventricle and right atrium, and enters the terminal coronary sinus or occasionally the right atrium directly.

Traced from the start

  1. Right (anterior) aortic sinus
  2. Right coronary artery
  3. Right (acute) marginal artery
  4. Right ventricular free wall
  5. Small cardiac vein

Detail

Runs with
Right coronary artery (right atrioventricular groove)
Drains
Right ventricle (via the right marginal vein) and right atrium

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Foundations · common