Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 23(1), 15–21 (2001); DOI 10.1007/s00276-001-0015-0. Abstract: dissection of 37 formalin-fixed adult human hearts; variable vein–artery relationships, small cardiac vein present in 54% of specimens, and anterior/posterior interventricular venous anastomosis in 19%. First-author byline: J R Ortale.