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 ...

It is the most common cause of serious aortic valve regurgitation among older adults. Most aortic valves have three cusps. A somewhat common heart defect that people are born with is an aortic ...

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 ...

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 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 ...