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About variability of Vieussen valve in the adult human heart
1Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Jedrzej Sniadecki University School of Physical Education, Gdansk, Poland.
Folia Morphologica
|April 25, 2000
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.