Unusual anatomical features of the right atrioventricular valve

Magdalena Skwarek; Jolanta Hreczecha; Marek Grzybiak; Adam Kosiński

Vol 64, No 3 (2005)

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Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2005-06-22

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Unusual anatomical features of the right atrioventricular valve

Magdalena Skwarek, Jolanta Hreczecha, Marek Grzybiak, Adam Kosiński

Folia Morphol 2005;64(3):183-187.

Vol 64, No 3 (2005)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2005-06-22

Abstract

Despite the great interest taken in the tricuspid valve, the anatomical literature on the subject still leaves much open to question. The aim of this study was to describe the natural foramina which are present in the leaflets of the tricuspid valve, as well as, well — founded onto — and phylogenetically lack of continuity of its attachment and the frenula of the tricuspid valve. We studied the frequency of occurrence and morphology of these features of the tricuspid valve in 107 adult hearts.