The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of tissue called cusps that open and close to keep blood flowing in only one direction . Sometimes, the aortic valve opening narrows – a ...

The aortic valve is normally tricuspid or trileaflet. When two of the cusps are fused together, the valve becomes functionally “bicuspid.” Most commonly, the right and left coronary cusps are ...

The aortic valve is normally tricuspid or trileaflet. When two of the cusps are fused together, the valve becomes functionally "bicuspid." Most commonly, the right and left coronary cusps are ...

They have leaflets or cusps which allow blood to flow in only ... This breakthrough technology for aortic valve surgery was a bliss for 33-year-old welder who was suffering from chronic aortic ...

It was that final test that found the source of the problem: an extremely rare heart condition called a quadricuspid aortic ...

Long-axis parasternal view, revealing the intensity of calcification and doming of the aortic cusps in systole. Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) diameter may be measured for valve area ...

The VECs line the blood-containing surfaces of the valves and the VICs are present in all three layers of the valve: fibrosa, spongiosa and ventricularis. The fibrosa, close to the aortic (outflow ...

The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of the body. So the heart pumps blood through the aortic valve to all the cells in the body.