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What is the physiology of bicuspid?

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Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is an inherited form of heart disease in which two of the leaflets of the aortic valve fuse during development in the womb resulting in a two-leaflet valve (bicuspid valve) instead of the normal three-leaflet valve (tricuspid).

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Answer: I GOT YOU!

The normal aortic valve has 3 equal-sized leaflets or cusps with 3 lines of coaptation. A congenitally bicuspid aortic valve has 2 functional leaflets

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