Weights of individual cusps in operatively-excised congenitally bicuspid stenotic aortic valves

The American Journal of Cardiology
William Clifford Roberts, Jong Mi Ko

Abstract

We weighed each cusp separately in 200 operatively excised stenotic congenitally bicuspid aortic valves. It was found in 152 patients (76%) that the cusps differed (by > 0.2 g) in weight and in 48 patients (24%) that the cusps were of similar (a < or = 0.2 g difference) weights. In 161 of the 200 patients (80%), raphes were present in 1 cusp; the raphe and nonraphe cusps differed in weight in 120 patients (74%), with the raphe cusps being larger in 89 patients (74%), and were of similar weights in 41 patients (26%). Of the 39 patients with raphes in neither cusp, 32 cusps (82%) differed in weight and 7 (18%) were of similar weights. The weight of each cusp differed more as the total valve weights increased.

Citations

Jan 21, 2011·The American Journal of Cardiology·Renato RazzoliniCristina Basso
Sep 3, 2004·The American Journal of Cardiology·William C Roberts, Jong Mi Ko
Jul 20, 2007·Proceedings·William C Roberts, W Bruce Fye
Jul 17, 2008·Proceedings·William Clifford Roberts, Jong Mi Ko

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