Unusual elongation of the eustachian valve

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Gülel O., Yazici M., Şahin M.

International Heart Journal, vol.48, no.1, pp.113-116, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 48 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1536/ihj.48.113
  • Journal Name: International Heart Journal
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.113-116
  • Keywords: Eustachian valve, Mass, Right atrium
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We report a patient with a snake-shaped, mobile mass in the right atrium. The mass was determined to be an elongated Eustachian valve which was a persistent part of the embryologic valve of the sinus venosus.