Aortoscopy: a less invasive intraoperative method to assess the aortic valve Eduardo A Tovar, MD, Jon R Sherman, MD, David M Weinberg, MD, Yonghun C Suh, MD, Ramesh H Rathod, MD, Alan Borsari, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 284-286 (January 2002) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02864-8
Fig 1 Aortoscopic picture of a trileaflet aortic valve without evidence of commissural fusion or calcification. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 73, 284-286DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02864-8)
Fig 2 Noncoronary cusp elevated by a probe reveals a thick calcified area on the ventricular surface (arrow). The other two leaflets appear normal. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 73, 284-286DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02864-8)
Fig 3 Torn commissural attachment of the noncoronary cusp (arrow) in an otherwise normally appearing aortic valve. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 73, 284-286DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02864-8)