
(A)Transesophageal short-axis view of a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). There is fusion of the right and left cusps. The arrowpoints to the raphe. (B) Transesophageal 3-dimensional image of a BAV. The valve is seen in diastole with the characteristic fish mouth appearance of the valve orifice. (C) Transthoracic long-axis view of the aortic valve and aortic root. There is doming of the aortic valve leaflets (arrow)and dilation of the aortic sinus and ascending aorta. (D) Sagittal oblique cine magnetic resonance image of the thoracic aorta. There is dilation of the ascending thoracic aorta. | Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease:. (2022). Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology. Retrieved from https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.068