Aortic valve fenestrations: macroscopic assessment and functional anatomy study.

Damian DudkiewiczJorge D Zhingre SanchezJakub HołdaFilip BolechałaMarcin StronaPaweł KopaczPaul Anthony Iaizzo Mateusz Koziej Mateusz Krystian HołdaMałgorzata Konieczyńska

Published in: Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) (2023)

Fenestrations of the aortic leaflets are frequent, and their sizes may be significant. They occur in all age groups, yet their size increase with aging. Fragments of leaflets with fenestrations show different behaviors during the cardiac cycle versus unchanged areas. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
coronary artery
ejection fraction
pulmonary arterial hypertension