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Fig. 2

From: Aortic valve replacement of a quadricuspid aortic valve with right coronary artery ostium adjacent to one of the commissures

Fig. 2

Operative schema of QAV in comparison with tricuspid aortic valve. The annular sutures are placed with pledgets on the ventricular side (circular symbols show exit points of stitches in a non-everting mattress fashion) and three stitches near the right coronary ostium are transitioned to the subannular ventricular myocardium (triangular symbols show exit points of stitches near the right coronary ostium). AML, anterior mitral leaflet; LCC, left coronary cusp; MS, membranous septum; NCC, non-coronary cusp; QAV, quadricuspid aortic valve; RCC, right coronary cusp

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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