Abstract
Transverse sections through the walls of the left ventricle and the interventricular septum have shown three zones of venous vascularization:
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The external epicardial zone comprising a thin, external layer (about 1 mm in thickness) of the free walls of the left ventricle
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The medial subepicardial (thickest) zone, which together with the external zone constitutes about two-thirds of the total thickness of the walls of the left ventricle and adjacent IY septum
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The internal subendocardial zone, comprising the remainder of the walls of the left ventricle and IY septum facing this ventricle (Pakalska and Golab 1980)
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von Lüdinghausen, M. (2003). The Organization of the Cardiac Venous Systems. In: The Venous Drainage of the Human Myocardium. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 168. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55623-4_2
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