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Valvular Heart Disease: Difference between revisions
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==== Aortic valve ==== | ==== Aortic valve ==== | ||
[[Image:Aortic_valve_(1).gif| | [[Image:Aortic_valve_(1).gif|thumb|left|200px|This animation shows the aortic valve of a pig's heart.]] | ||
The tricuspid aortic valve separates the left ventricle outflow tract from the aorta. Behind the three semilunar shaped cusps of the aortic valve are dilated pockets of the aortic root, called sinuses of Valsalva. The right coronary sinus gives rise to the right coronary artery, the left coronary sinus gives rise to the left coronary artery. The commissures are the areas where attachments of two adjacent cusps to the aorta meet. | The tricuspid aortic valve separates the left ventricle outflow tract from the aorta. Behind the three semilunar shaped cusps of the aortic valve are dilated pockets of the aortic root, called sinuses of Valsalva. The right coronary sinus gives rise to the right coronary artery, the left coronary sinus gives rise to the left coronary artery. The commissures are the areas where attachments of two adjacent cusps to the aorta meet. | ||