Cusp overlap view improved valve positioning and significantly reduced pacemaker need, and hospital stay in TAVR with SEVs.

The cusps are thin sheets of connective tissue made of collagen, a strong protein. Most of the time, there are three cusps in the aortic valve, but some people are born with two cusps instead of ...

Each valve has cusps, or flaps of tissue, which open and close to let blood flow through the heart. This article explores the differences between the tricuspid and bicuspid valves and the problems ...

Heart defect from birth. A normal aortic valve has three flaps, or cusps, which fit snugly together. Some people are born with an aortic valve that has one, two, or even four cusps.

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) can result from heart abnormalities that may be hereditary, but it commonly develops in older adults due to scarring and calcium buildup in the valve cusps.

The cells that remain on the surface and line the mature aortic-valve cusps are known as valve endothelial cells (VECs). VECs and VICs work in concert to maintain aortic-valve structure and function.

We also reconstructed 3-D aortic valve cusps using CTA imaging to calculate the aortic cusp surface areas. Data were collected to analyze the ratios and the correlation between aortic valve and ...

The aortic valve is normally tricuspid or trileaflet. When two of the cusps are fused together, the valve becomes functionally “bicuspid.” Most commonly, the right and left coronary cusps are ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common condition in which the cusps of the mitral valve collapse into the left atrium. This collapse can cause blood to backflow when your heart beats.

The valve cusps were replaced with a disk-type valve. After operation the fragmented red cells gradually disappeared from the peripheral smear over a 1-month period.

"But if you have a bicuspid aortic valve, you only have two cusps." The "Predator" star explained he underwent open heart surgery in 1997 to have his heart valves replaced.