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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Normal aortic valve have three leafs (tricuspid), but some valves have two leafs (bicuspid)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/echo_atlas/entities/aortic_stenosis_bicuspid.html |title=Yale Atlas of Echo- Bicuspid aortic valve |accessdate=2007-08-08 |format= |work=}}</ref>. Typically, aortic stenosis due to calcification of a bicuspid valve appears earlier, at 40 to 50 years of age, whereas that due to calcification of a normal valve appears later, at 70 to 80 years of age. | Normal aortic valve have three leafs (tricuspid), but some valves have two leafs (bicuspid)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/echo_atlas/entities/aortic_stenosis_bicuspid.html |title=Yale Atlas of Echo- Bicuspid aortic valve |accessdate=2007-08-08 |format= |work=}}</ref>. Typically, aortic stenosis due to calcification of a bicuspid valve appears earlier, at 40 to 50 years of age, whereas that due to calcification of a normal valve appears later, at 70 to 80 years of age. | ||
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Revision as of 01:14, 9 April 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Normal aortic valve have three leafs (tricuspid), but some valves have two leafs (bicuspid)[1]. Typically, aortic stenosis due to calcification of a bicuspid valve appears earlier, at 40 to 50 years of age, whereas that due to calcification of a normal valve appears later, at 70 to 80 years of age.
References
- ↑ "Yale Atlas of Echo- Bicuspid aortic valve". Retrieved 2007-08-08.