Rare anomalous drainage of the great cardiac vein into superior vena cava

Archit Dikshit; Megha Maulik Sheth; Pratyaksha Rana; Saurabh Deshpande; Milin Garachh; Samir Patel; Dinesh Patel

doi:10.1007/s12055-024-01777-8

Rare anomalous drainage of the great cardiac vein into superior vena cava

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Jan;41(1):71-73. doi: 10.1007/s12055-024-01777-8. Epub 2024 Jul 4.

Authors

Archit Dikshit¹, Megha Maulik Sheth¹, Pratyaksha Rana¹, Saurabh Deshpande¹, Milin Garachh¹, Samir Patel¹, Dinesh Patel¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, U.N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat India.

PMID: 39679089
PMCID: PMC11638452 (available on 2026-01-01)
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-024-01777-8

Abstract

Anatomical variations in cardiac venous anatomy can occur. This case highlights an extremely rare anomaly of the great cardiac vein draining into the superior vena cava (SVC) depicted by computed tomography coronary angiography.

Keywords: Anomalous; CTCA; Great cardiac vein; SVC; Venous anatomy.

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