The normal spectrum of mitral and aortic valve discontinuity.
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 54 (2) , 298-301
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.54.2.298
Abstract
The relationship of the base of the left and noncoronary sinuses of the aortic valve and the adjacent aortic leaflet of the mitral valve was studied in 106 normal heart specimens and 184 specimens with isolated VSD. The results show a spectrum of persistence of the tissue along the inner curvature of the heart. This may help settle the recent controversy in the interpretation of echocardiograms of this area because the recorded mitral-aortic discontinuity may be due to this spectrum rather than to variations in technique.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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