Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

THE VALVE OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA

1956; BMJ; Volume: 18; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/hrt.18.3.320

ISSN

1468-201X

Autores

J. B. Hickie,

Tópico(s)

Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders

Resumo

has led to a greater awareness of the anatomy of the right atrium.In two cases of this condition we have seen an important variant involving the valve of the inferior vena cava.This structure was described by Bartolomeno Eustachius ( 1563), but its identity was denied by Bauhin (1605) and not mentioned by Harvey (1628).Winslow (1717) produced the first accurate descrip-

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