Left gastric vein

"Coronary vein" redirects here. For the veins associated with the heart, see Cardiac veins.
Left gastric vein
The portal vein and its tributaries, the left gastric vein is labelled as the coronary vein
Details
Drains fromLesser curvature of the stomach
Drains toPortal vein
Identifiers
Latinvena gastrica sinistra
TA98A12.3.12.015
TA25110
FMA15399
Anatomical terminology

The left gastric vein (or coronary vein) is a vein that derives from tributaries draining the lesser curvature of the stomach.[1]

  1. ^ Hackert, T; Weitz, J; Büchler, MW (April 2015). "Reinsertion of the gastric coronary vein to avoid venous gastric congestion in pancreatic surgery". HPB. 17 (4): 368–70. doi:10.1111/hpb.12321. PMC 4368403. PMID 25059096.
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