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Pathogenesis of congenital cardiac malformations and mechanisms of cardiac remodelling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2005

Arnold C. G. Wenink
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Extract

At first sight, the venous and arterial poles of the heart seem to belong to a single structure. This feature is demonstrated by the continuity seen in the fibrous skeleton between the leaflets of the aortic valve with those of both the mitral and tricuspid valves. Moreover, the orifice of the aortic valve is deeply wedged in between the fibrous annuluses supporting the two atrioventricular valves.

Type
Second International Workshop
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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