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(Circulation. 1995;92:2352.)
© 1995 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Aortic Valves

Shamrock, Bileaflet, and Lucky?

Warren J. Manning, MD; Craig S. Keighley, MB, BS

From the Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Correspondence to Warren J. Manning, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Hospital, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215.

	Introduction

 

View larger version (242K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography short axis view of the aortic valve with the angle of crystal orientation approximately 35°. A, Normal trileaflet aortic valve with commissures at 12-, 5-, and 8-o'clock positions. B, Congenital bicuspid aortic valve with commissures at 3- and 9-o'clock positions. C, Four-leaflet aortic valve with commissures at 12-, 3-, 6-, and 9-o'clock positions. The bileaflet and four-leaflet aortic valves demonstrated no evidence of aortic stenosis or insufficiency. LA indicates left atrium; RA, right atrium.

	Footnotes

 
The editor of Images in Cardiovascular Medicine is Hugh A. McAllister, Jr, MD, Chief, Department of Pathology, St Luke's Hospital and Texas Heart Institute, and Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine.

Circulation encourages readers to submit cardiovascular images to Dr Hugh A. McAllister, Jr, St Luke's Hospital and Texas Heart Institute, 6720 Bertner, MC 4-265, Houston, TX 77030.