Morphological study of the coronary sinus and its tributary veins in Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

• Grant number: 08/08748-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2009
• End date: December 31, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Pathology
• Principal Investigator: Vera Demarchi Aiello
• Grantee: Flávia Carolina Nicácio Soares Ferreira
• Host Institution: Instituto do Coração Professor Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (INCOR). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The coronary sinus is frequently approached during electrophysiological studies, and also in resynchronization therapy and ablation procedures. The anatomy of this structure is not fully described in patients with corrected transposition of the great arteries. Such patients present, during evolution, rhythm disturbances and chronic cardiac failure, being potential candidates to electrophysiological procedures. The present study aims at clarifying the anatomy of the coronary sinus and its main tributaries in this congenital heart defect.