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 ...

Which aortic valve cusp is most commonly and least commonly fused in patients with bicuspid aortic valve? The most commonly fused leaflets are the left and right coronary cusps followed by the ...

The aortic leaflets were flexible and no calcium was seen, but the valves were fused along adjacent cusps. The mitral valve was normal. Comment. The squeaking quality in a predominantly apical ...

The diagnosis of a bicuspid aortic valve was confirmed when two cusps and two commissures were clearly identified in systole and diastole in the short-axis view. The aortic dimensions were measured in ...