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 slightly abnormal flow through bicuspid aortic valves puts extra ... with aortic stenosis have three normal appearing tricuspid valves. The exact reason why they become stiff and calcified ...

The tricuspid valve separates the right atrium ... flow of blood from the right ventricle to the right atrium. The bicuspid valve separates the left atrium and left ventricle and prevents back ...

While bicuspid aortic valves are known to be associated ... In the latter group, 41 patients were subsequently demonstrated to have tricuspid valves, leaving only 22 with uncertain AV morphology.

There are three main forms of aortic valve disease: congenital abnormalities, such as a bicuspid valve that leads to premature calcification; calcification of the normal trileaflet valve ...

The diagnosis of a bicuspid aortic valve was confirmed when two cusps and ... of all additional anatomical or haemodynamic abnormalities, such as mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation and pulmonary ...

These include ejection sounds that occur with pulmonic or AS heard in early systole, “clicks” that are heard in mitral or tricuspid ... indicates a bicuspid aortic valve.

The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle and opens due to a build-up of pressure in the right atrium. The bicuspid valve is located between the left atrium and ...