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What does can't exclude a functional bicuspid valve on a echo? i have a mild to moderste aotic stenosis for several years.
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Normally the aortic: valve is trileaflet (three leaflets) but in some individuals it is bileaflet (two leaflets.) This is called a bicuspid valve. The interpreter of the ECHO is unable to see the valve clearly enough to make a distinction so he says he can't exclude the possibility that the valve is functioning as though it is bicuspid rather than normal.
Answered 2/19/2017
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