About variability of Vieussen valve in the adult human heart

Barbara Duda; Marek Grzybiak

Vol 59, No 1 (2000)

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Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2000-02-16

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About variability of Vieussen valve in the adult human heart

Barbara Duda, Marek Grzybiak

Folia Morphol 2000;59(1):43-45.

Vol 59, No 1 (2000)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2000-02-16

Abstract

The Vieussen valve is situated at the ostium of the great cardiac vein to the coronary sinus. There are no details about its shape in anatomic literature. The tested material consisted of 150 adult human hearts of both sexes from 18 to 85 years of age, fixed in a formalin/ethanol solution. Classical macroscopic anatomical methods were used. The Vieussen valve was found in about 65% of the tested material. It showed a large variability in terms of morphology.