Function of the mitral valve in situ.

Date:
1952
  • Film

About this work

Description

A research film modified for teaching which shows, in slow motion, movements of the mitral ring and valve through arterial and ventricular openings in a dog's heart, rendered bloodless in the left chambers by means of a circulatory shunt.

Publication/Creation

United States, 1952.

Physical description

1 film reel (13 min.) : sound, color, 16 mm

Copyright note

British Medical Association

Creator/production credits

Produced by Surgical Division, Montefiore Hospital, New York, and Leo .L. Leveridge. The surgeons are Adrian Kantrowitz and Elliott S. Hurwitt. Animations by Leo L. Leveridge and Byron Rabbitt. Art by Lou Barlow. Camerawork by Antol Herskovitz.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    BMA487
    By appointmentManual request

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