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Left marginal vein
Introduction
The great cardiac vein receives tributaries from the left atrium and from both ventricles: one, the left marginal vein, is of considerable size, and ascends along the left margin of the heart.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]