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Aortic Valve

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Abstract

The aortic root is a morphological physiological unit that is composed of the sinuses of Valsalva, three leaflets, and both coronary ostia, as well the three intervalvular triangles. From a strictly morphological point of view, the intervalvular triangles belong to the outflow tract of the left ventricle; however, from a functional point of view they belong to the aortic root. Thus, the aortic root structure is a compound of two morphological parts, namely the proximal part of the ascending aorta, including the area of the three leaflets, and the terminal part of the left ventricular outflow tract. In light of thismorphophysiological definition, in this chapter we will describe the detailed anatomy of aortic root.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland

    Denis Berdajs MD

  2. University Hospital Zürich, Haldenbach 18, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

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Berdajs, D., Turina, M.I. (2011). Aortic Valve. In: Operative Anatomy of the Heart. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69229-4_5

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