Document 0808
 DOCN  M9550808
 TI    Variations of the area and shape of the left atrioventricular valve and
       its cusps and leaflets.
 DT    9505
 AU    Bezerra AJ; DiDio LJ; Prates JC; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of
       Health Sciences, University of; Brasil, Cidade Universitaria, Brasilia,
       DF.
 SO    Surg Radiol Anat. 1994;16(3):277-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95167573
 AB    Measurement of the areas of the cusps and leaflets of the left
       atrioventricular valve (LAV) and a study of their shape were performed
       in 91 normal human hearts, to assess the range of variation and
       determine the most frequent morphologic pattern. The average areas were
       as follows: LAV, 904.9 mm2; anterior cusp, 447 mm2; posterior cusp, 457
       mm2; anterolateral leaflet, 118.6 mm2; intermediate leaflet, 212.7 mm2;
       and posteromedial leaflet, 126 mm2. The commonest shape of the leaflets
       of the posterior cusp, proved to be rectangular.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Aged  Cadaver  Female  Human  Male  Middle Age
       Mitral Valve/*ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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