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Valsalva's sinuses
Associated persons:
Antonio Maria Valsalva
Description:
Three dilatations in wall of the aorta behind the flaps of the three aortic semilunar valves. They were recorded in a posthumous collection of Valsalva’s works published by Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771).
Bibliography:
- G. B. Morgagni:
De vita et scriptis Antonii Mariae Valsalvae commentariolum. Venice, 1740.
In this work, Valsalva's beloved pupil, Morgagni, assembled and published posthumously his teachers anatomical works.
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