oblique vein of the left atrium

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oblique vein of the left atrium - a tributary of the coronary sinus; on the posterior wall of the left atrium

vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"

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vena obliqua atrii sinistri

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By definition, the CS is the blood conduit in the continuation of the great cardiac vein, which is situated between the valve of the great cardiac vein of Viesseun or the point of entrance of the oblique vein of Marshall and the Thebesian valve of the ostium of the CS.

These fibers were usually seen to start at the level of the entrance of the oblique vein of Marshall.

Small muscular connections between the CS and the left atrial musculature, were identified along the oblique vein of Marshall.