Variations in the papillary muscles of normal tricuspid valve and their clinical relevance in medicolegal autopsies.

Abstract

This anatomical study may explain the increased in incidence wide variations of papillary muscle tricuspid valve in deaths of cardiac origin. The verdict in legal affairs may change with this. The knowledge regarding wide variations and minor anatomical abnormalities of papillary muscle helps forensic examiners not to get confused at unexpected deaths.