Simplified determination of commissural orientation in bicuspid aortic valves

Lennart Froede, Sebastian Schäfers, Gudrun Wagenpfeil, Alexander Raddatz, Klaus H. Hoffmann, Hans‐Joachim Schäfers

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 2020 · 10 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

CO can reproducibly be determined using a line segment between the centre of the non-fused and fused sinuses. The use of the coaptation centre can lead to misleading results, in particular in asymmetric BAVs.

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