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Original article / research
Year : 2023 | Month : February | Volume : 17 | Issue : 2 | Page : AC01 - AC05 Full Version

Morphometric Analysis of Great Cardiac Vein and its Clinical Implication-A Cadaveric Study


Published: February 1, 2023 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2023/59961.17450
Jolly Agarwal, Anurag Agrawal, Virendra Kumar, DN Sinha

1. Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, GDMC, Dehrakhas, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. 2. Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, GDMC, Dehrakhas, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. 3. Ex-Professor, Department of Anatomy, SRMSIMS, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. 4. Ex-Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMC, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.

Correspondence Address :
Jolly Agarwal,
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, GDMC, Dehrakhas, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
E-mail: drjolly21177@gmail.com

Abstract

Introduction: Great Cardiac Vein (GCV) is the longest venous vessel of heart. It is the main tributary of the coronary sinus and anterior wall of the left ventricle and interventricular septum are drained by GCV.

Aim: To study the morphometry of GCV and its variations in north-western region of India.

Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy, SRMS IMS, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, from January 2012 to December 2013. Thirty hearts of different ages and of both sexes (22 males and 8 females) procured from cadavers in the department were studied. The length and diameter of GCV were measured with help of thread and digital vernier callipers. The mean, standard deviation and correlation were calculated using Microsoft office excel 2007.

Results: In present study, 30 hearts (mean age: 41.83±12.37 years) of both sexes (22 males and 8 females) were studied. The mean length of GCV was 79.26±22.78 mm and the range of length was from 55.50±27.57 to 112.33±36.07 mm. The mean diameter of GCV was 2.85±1.32 mm. The mean length of GCV in males was 83.26±22.05 mm, while in females, the mean length of GCV was 74.72±22.08 mm. The diameter of GCV was having significant relation with weight (r=-0.663, p-value=0.0007) and age group (r=0.481; p-value=0.023) in cadaveric males.

Conclusion: The present morphometric study of GCV provides data for measurement of interventional devices required during interventional procedure in Indian setting.

Keywords

Cadaver, Coronary, Diameter, Length

The main and longest tributary of coronary sinus is GCV. Coronary sinus is present in all hearts and it drains anterior wall of the left ventricle and interventricular septum (1). GCV receives tributaries like left marginal vein that ascends along the left border of the heart, obtuse marginal vein, left inferior veins from left ventricle and vein of Marshall (2). GCV and the middle cardiac vein is the most stable tributary of the coronary sinus (3). The anastomosis between GCV and middle cardiac vein forms an arch at the apex of heart (4).

Brocq and Mouchet’s arterio-venous triangle is formed by the intersection of the GCV, the circumflex artery and the anterior interventricular artery branches of the left coronary artery. The coronary vessels, pericardium, myocardium are identified by doing intravascular ultrasound in the area of Brocq and Mouchet triangle. GCV also forms one of the boundaries of Brocq and Mouchet triangle and this triangle is commonly used for Percutaneous In-situ Coronary venous Arterialisations (PICA) (5).

The length of GCV is important for providing data about left ventricular leads in the postero-lateral branches of the coronary sinus. Therefore, morphology and morphometry of GCV assumes clinical importance for invasive cardiac procedures. So that management of patients will be improved and chances of complications are less during interventional procedures (6). During drainage of GCV into coronary sinus, GCV forms an obtuse angle with coronary sinus (7).

The GCV is the most stable tributary of coronary sinus, thus it may be more suitable for interventional devices (3). Therefore, present study was conducted to study the dimensions of GCV (diameter and length) which may be used in future for interventional devices (left ventricular leads) in India.

Till date, very few studies (6),(8) have been reported for GCV regarding its morphometry and morphology particularly in north Indian population. Hence, present study was conducted to study the morphometry of GCV and its variations in north western region.

Material and Methods

This cross-sectional study was performed in the Department of Anatomy, SRMS IMS, Bareilly on 30 hearts from embalmed cadavers, from January 2012 to December 2013. The present study was exempted from institutional ethical clearance as all hearts were obtained from voluntarily donated cadavers to the Department of Anatomy. The prior written consent from the immediate relatives was taken for use of body for research purpose.

Inclusion criteria: Thirty hearts, procured from the cadavers, aged between 15-65 years, available in the Department of Anatomy, SRMS IMS, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, were included.

Exclusion criteria: The diseased, decomposed, and hearts with congenital anomaly were excluded from the study.

Study Procedure

The hearts were cleaned gently under running water to remove any blood clots, if any. The human hearts were fixed in 10% formalin and dissected. The morphology of GCV in human hearts was observed. The length and diameter of GCV (at the site of opening into coronary sinus) was measured with the help of digital Vernier callipers and thread [Table/Fig-1-3]. The authors noted information about weight and age of cadavers from departmental records which were submitted at the time of death. Hearts were divided into 5-year age groups because number of hearts available was less in each age group.

Statistical Analysis

The data were analysed by Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and presented as mean value and Standard deviation. Data were statistically analysed using Pearsons Correlation and Chi-square test.

Results

The mean age of cadavers was 41.83±12.37 years. The 22 hearts were from males and 8 hearts were from females. In this study, the authors found the presence of GCV on entire length of anterior interventricular sulcus in 13 (43.33%) cadaveric hearts whereas in 17 (56.67%) cadaveric hearts, the GCV was present in upper 2/3 part of anterior interventricular sulcus. There was only 1 (3.33%) heart, where the GCV was starting from the apex of heart, while in rest of the hearts GCV start from anterior interventricular sulcus. Majority of GCV were straight but in 1(3.33%) heart GCV showed kinkings. The diagonal branches of left coronary artery were superficially crossed by GCV in 1(3.33%) heart (Table/Fig 4). GCV was on left-side of anterior interventricular artery in 1 (3.33%) heart (Table/Fig 5).

The present study also revealed that Vieussens valve was present in 23 (76.66%) GCV. The mean length of GCV was 79.26±22.78 mm and the range of length was from 55.50±27.57 to 112.33±36.07 mm. The mean diameter of GCV was 2.85±1.32 mm and its range was from 0.8±0.41 to 4.2±1.16 mm. The statistical analysis also depicted the diameter of GCV is having significant variation in relation age of cadaver (r=0.376 and p=0.0403) (Table/Fig 6).

The mean length of GCV in males was 83.26±22.05 mm, while in females the mean length of GCV was 74.72±22.08 mm. Therefore the length of GCV was less in females as compared to males. The mean diameter of GCV in males was 2.88±1.43 mm and in females was 2.87±0.75 mm. Therefore, diameter of GCV in males and females are comparable (Table/Fig 7).

The diameter of GCV was having significant relation with weight of cadaver in male heart (r=-0.663, p-value=0.0007). The diameter of GCV was found to be significantly lower as compared to higher age group (r=0.481; p-value=0.023) in males and significant statistically. The relationships between length and age (r-value 0.15, p-value 0.49) and length and weight (r-value 0.19, p-value 0.85) were statistically insignificant (Table/Fig 8).

There was a positive correlation between diameter of GCV and weight of cadaver in female heart but this relation was not statistically significant (r=0.34, p-value=0.409). The diameter of GCV was found to be lower as compared to higher age group and but was statistically insignificant. (r=0.3, p-value=0.47). The relationships between length and age (r-value=0.107, p-value=0.79) and length and weight (r-value=0.423, p-value=0.44) were statistically insignificant (Table/Fig 9).

Discussion

The authors in the present study found the presence of GCV in entire length of anterior interventricular sulcus in 43.33% cadaveric hearts and its presence in upper 2/3 part of anterior interventricular sulcus in 56.67%. Kacznarek M and Czerwin´ ski F, found that the GCV in 17% cases came both into middle 1/3 and superior third of interventricular sulcus which also endorsed present findings that the majority of the GCV covers upper 2/3 of anterior interventricular sulcus (8). While in another study, it was observed that GCV originated from the cardiac apex in 57.4% of cases and from lower third of the anterior interventricular sulcus in 39.7% (9).

The present study showed that the GCV starts from the apex of heart (3.33%) and forms anastomotic arch with middle cardiac vein. Kacznarek M and Czerwin´ ski F, reported that in 25% cases GCV united at the apex of heart with the MCV, forming a large venous arc which endorsed the present study finding (8).

In the present study, the authors found that the length of GCV (79.26±22.39 mm) was maximum in middle age group (41-45 years) whereas it was found lesser in early and late age group (mean maximum length-112.33±36.07 mm and mean minimum length 72±00 mm) though statistical analysis did not reveal any significant relationship. In one study, it was reported that maximum length of GCV which was measured from the beginning of the longest branch and finishing in the lower left part of coronary sulcus, amounted 25.53 cm, the minimum length 12.4 cm and the average length 17.7 cm (8).

The present study found that the mean diameter of GCV is 79.26±22.78 mm which is close to study of Kulkarni V et al., while the mean diameter of GCV is 182.4±23.5 mm from the study of Abbara S et al., (6),(10). These differences may be due to difference in study population. Comparison of findings in present study with contrast studies are summarised in (Table/Fig 10) (3),(6),(10),(11),(12),(13),(14). The present study revealed that GCV was present in all hearts. Gilard M et al., also reported that two veins are consistently present: the middle cardiac vein and the GCV (11).

The GCV lies on the left-side of anterior interventricular artery in 60% and on the right-side of anterior interventricular artery 20%. Ortale JR et al., found that in 36 (97%) out of 37 specimens the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery was accompanied by the anterior interventricular vein, with the vein usually located parallel and left to the artery (15). Kacznarek M and Czerwin´ ski F, reported that anterior interventricular vein, in its course, accompanied the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery in 83% of the cases and the vein was present parallel and left-side of the artery (8). Ballesteros LE et al., reported that the GCV located to the left of the anterior interventricular artery in 77.9% (9). All above studies endorsed finding of the present study that GCV most commonly present on left-side of anterior interventricular artery.

The GCV was observed in the lower 2/3 of interventricular sulcus on the right-side of anterior interventricular artery and in upper 1/3 on the left-side of the anterior interventricular artery (10%) in 3 hearts. In one heart, the authors observed that in the lower part of anterior interventricular sulcus the GCV was intertwined by anterior descending branch of left coronary artery (3.33%). Maric I et al., reported in one case out of 40 case that anterior interventricular vein (GCV) curved twice around the anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery in their article (16). Meguid EA and Rahman WA observed that in one case GCV curved around the anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery (17).

Agarwal J et al., observed that 36.66% of the GCV anastomose with middle cardiac vein to form a complete venous ring surrounding the left ventricle (5). The variation in respect to presence, location, and superficial and deep relationship of cardiac vein with single crossings of the anterior interventricular and circumflex branch of are rare but intertwined variation are important to understand the mechanism of vasculo-angiogenesis and clinical implications for catheter based procedures and surgeries in the region of coronary sulcus (18).

The GCV while passing through atrioventricular groove superficially crossed by diagonal branches of the descending branch of left coronary artery (6.66%). In one cadaveric heart, the beginning of GCV observed as having two tributaries which were located on either side of anterior interventricular artery in anterior interventricular groove and in one heart, the GCV lies deep to diagonal branches of anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery (3.33%). In nine hearts the GCV lie deep to anterior interventricular artery (30%). The end part of the GCV crosses superficial to the circumflex artery at the level of left marginal vein (13). Kaczmarek M and Czerwin´ ski F, found in 39% of cases the GCV ran near the coronary sulcus over the diagonal and circumflex branches of left coronary artery, in another 39% GCV passed over the circumflex artery and simultaneously under the diagonal branches, in 8% cases, it ran over the diagonal branch and under the circumflex in 14% cases GCV ran under the diagonal and circumflex both the branches (8). During postmortem, Vieussens valve of GCV may cause obstruction to passage of catheter (19).

Maros TN et al., found that the valve of Vieussens was present in 78%, but well developed in 6% of the cases (20), while other study reported that the Vieussens valve was present in 65.1% of hearts (21). Zawadzkie M et al., reported that valve presence to vary from 65-87% (22). In the present study, the authors observed the presence of Vieussens valve in 23 out of 30 hearts (76.66%) like other studies.

Limitation(s)

The sample size of the present study was small.

Conclusion

There was gender-wise difference in length of GCV while diameter is comparable in GCV of male and female human hearts. The morphometric study of GCV provides data for interventional devices required during interventional procedure of heart. This study also provides data for GCV in Indian setting. It is recommended to conduct the multicentric studies on a larger sample size to endorse the findings of this study.

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DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2023/59961.17450

Date of Submission: Aug 31, 2022
Date of Peer Review: Oct 03, 2022
Date of Acceptance: Dec 23, 2022
Date of Publishing: Feb 01, 2023

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