coronary circulation
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circulation of blood in the blood vessels of the heart muscle (myocardium)
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Research
74,496 papers- [Coronary circulation].Nihon seirigaku zasshi. Journal of the Physiological Society of Japan · 2004
- The coronary circulation.Physiological reviews · 1946
- [The coronary circulation and myocardial ischemia].Italian heart journal : official journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology · 2000
- Effects of anesthetics on the coronary circulation.Acta anaesthesiologica Belgica · 1990
- A review of multiscale 0D-1D computational modeling of coronary circulation with applications to cardiac arrhythmias.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2021
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- circulatory system
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- circulatory system
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Encyclopedic overview
Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the arteries and veins that supply the heart muscle (myocardium).
Coronary arteries supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Cardiac veins then drain away the blood after it has been deoxygenated.
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