Figure 1 A – left ventricular summit in gross dissection at
the level of the fibrous skeleton of the heart, B – LVS in an angio-CT
rendered image. Abbreviations: LVS = left ventricular summit;
LAD = left anterior descending artery; LCA – left coronary artery; Cx =
circumflex branch of left coronary artery; GCV = great cardiac vein; AIV
= anterior interventricular vein; SP= septal perforator; LAA = left
atrial appendage; PT = pulmonary trunk, PV pulmonary valve, MV – mitral
valve, AV – aortic valve. red asterisk – inaccessible area; green
asterisk accessible area; violet asterisk - septal summit; black
asterisk – aortiomitral continuity; yellow asterisk – apex of LVS.