Abstract
The aim of these investigations was to study the functional morphology of the closing mechanism of the left atrioventricular valve (valva mitralis). The literature (cf. 1–4) describes only a strict closure during the systole of the valve edges thickened by connective tissue. The cordae tendineae prevent a tilt of the valve cusps into the atrium. It is still not known what morphological peculiarity causes the fitting of the valve edges.
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Heine, H., Laatz, M. (1981). Special Morphological Structures Along the Closing Zone of the Mitral Valve. In: Bircks, W., Ostermeyer, J., Schulte, H.D. (eds) Cardiovascular Surgery 1980. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68172-1_2
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