Key result
Mitral valve functions as an integrated unit comprising annulus, leaflets, papillary muscles, and chordae.
Why the study?
Some aspects of the mitral valve anatomy are new or not in keeping with present-day concepts, motivating further discussion based on personal observations.
Provides personal observations on the functional and clinical anatomy of normal and stenosed mitral valves, discussing aspects that challenge present-day concepts.
This paper is based largely on personal observations of normal and stenosed mitral valves.Some aspects that are new and some that are not in keeping with present-day concepts will be discussed.The mitral valve is a unit that consists of a so-called fibrous "ring," of two unequal cusps, of two sets of papillary muscles, and of numerous chorde tendinee.When two triangular leaflets are on July 22,
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J. C. Van Der Spuy (1958) studied this question. The mitral valve functions as an integrated anatomical unit comprising a fibrous ring, two unequal cusps, two sets of papillary muscles, and numerous chordae tendineae.
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