Pentacuspid Aortic Valve With Severe Aortic Regurgitation Shengxun Wang, MD, Xu Meng, MD, Haibo Zhang, MD, Jiangang Wang, MD, Jie Han, BS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 89, Issue 6, Pages 2034-2036 (June 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.029 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Transthoracic echocardiogram, short-axis view of the great vessels near the sternum clearly shows the aortic valve has five cusps. (B) Multiple-detector computed tomographic scan also clearly shows the pentacuspid aortic valve. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 2034-2036DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.029) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Image obtained during operation that clearly shows the five cusps on the aortic valve. (B) Multiple-detector computed tomographic image after aortic valve replacement that shows five aortic sinuses still exist. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 2034-2036DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.029) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions