Coronary Sinus

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A short vein that collects about two thirds of the venous blood from the MYOCARDIUM and drains into the RIGHT ATRIUM. Coronary sinus, normally located between the LEFT ATRIUM and LEFT VENTRICLE on the posterior surface of the heart, can serve as an anatomical reference for cardiac procedures.

Descriptor ID	D054326
MeSH Number(s)	A07.231.908.194.500
Concept/Terms	Coronary Sinus Coronary Sinus Sinus, Coronary

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Anatomy [A]
Cardiovascular System [A07]
Blood Vessels [A07.231]
Veins [A07.231.908]
Coronary Vessels [A07.231.908.194]
Coronary Sinus [A07.231.908.194.500]

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Bar chart showing 10 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Total
2007	1	1
2008	1	1
2012	2	2
2013	1	1
2015	1	1
2018	1	1
2023	1	1
2024	1	1
2025	1	1

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Fioretti F, Hibbert B, Eckman PM, Simard T, Labinaz M, Nazer B, Wiley M, Gupta B, Sauer AJ, Shah H, Sorajja P, Pineda AM, Missov E, Aldaia L, Koulogiannis K, Gray WA, Zahr F, Butler J. Left Atrial-to-Coronary Sinus Shunting in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: The ALT-FLOW Trial (Early Feasibility Study) 2-Year Results. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 06; 13(6):987-999.

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Urey MA, Hibbert B, Jorde U, Eckman P, Simard T, Labinaz M, Nazer B, Wiley M, Gupta B, Sauer A, Shah H, Sorajja P, Pineda AM, Missov E, Mahmud E, Kahwash R, Lilly S, Latib A, Murthy S, Fam N, Garcia S, Chung ES, Klein L, Cheng R, Houston BA, Amoroso NS, Chang L, Gafoor S, Chaudhry SP, Hermiller J, Schwartz JG, Aldaia L, Koulogiannis K, Gray WA, Zahr F. Left atrial to coronary sinus shunting for treatment of heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction: The ALT FLOW Early Feasibility Study 1-year results. Eur J Heart Fail. 2024 Apr; 26(4):1065-1077.

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Hibbert B, Zahr F, Simard T, Labinaz M, Nazer B, Sorajja P, Eckman P, Pineda AM, Missov E, Mahmud E, Schwartz J, Gupta B, Wiley M, Sauer A, Jorde U, Latib A, Kahwash R, Lilly S, Chang L, Gafoor S, Chaudhry SP, Hermiller J, Aldaia L, Koulogiannis K, Gray WA. Left Atrial to Coronary Sinus Shunting for Treatment of Symptomatic Heart?Failure. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 06 12; 16(11):1369-1380.

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Sicouri S, Belardinelli L, Antzelevitch C. Effect of autonomic influences to induce triggered activity in muscular sleeves extending into the coronary sinus of the canine heart and its suppression by ranolazine. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2019 02; 30(2):230-238.

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Hilbert S, Kosiuk J, John S, Hindricks G, Bollmann A. A guide to the porcine anatomy for the interventional electrophysiologist. Fluoroscopy and high density electroanatomical mapping. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2015 Feb; 8(1):67-75.

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White HD, Halpern EJ, Savage MP. Imaging of adult atrial septal defects with CT angiography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Dec; 6(12):1342-5.

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Tchantchaleishvili V, Lehoux JM, Knight PA. Right coronary artery to coronary sinus fistula. J Invasive Cardiol. 2012 Oct; 24(10):552-3.

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Huo Y, Arya A, Gaspar T, Richter S, Schoenbauer R, Sommer P, Bollmann A, Hindricks G, Piorkowski C. Role of the coronary sinus ostium musculature in reentrant formation. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol. 2012 Jun; 23(2):121-7.

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Kantharia BK. The atrial electrograms and the activation sequence in the CS catheter are identical to the preceding sinus beat. Heart Rhythm. 2009 Jan; 6(1):e3; author reply e3-5.

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Marhefka GD, Pavri BP. Double-barrel coronary sinus. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Jan; 19(1):102.

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