R-L, fusion of right coronary cusp and left coronary cusp.
Graft: an 8-mm HEMASHIELD graft (MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC, San Jose, CA, USA); anterior, anterior semilunar cusp; left, left semilunar cusp; right, right semilunar cusp.
Acute procedural success was achieved in all patients after ablation at 18 RV and 6 LV sites: 3 posteroseptal RVOT, 8 anteroseptal RVOT, 4 mid-septal RVOT, 2 posterolateral RVOT, 4 left coronary cusp, 1 noncoronary cusp/right coronary cusp junction, and 2 aortomitral continuity sites.
Left coronary cusp of the aortic valve.
Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a hyperechoic immobile image of 3/4 mm on the aortic left coronary cusp, compatible with an old vegetation.
Leaflet height A and cusp attachment length L2 also correlated well with the corresponding IC: A-IC, r = 0.56, 0.74, and 0.66; and L2-IC, r = 0.78, 0.85, and 0.80 for noncoronary, right coronary, and left coronary cusps respectively; P = 0.000.
BAV cusp fusion morphology was defined as right-left cusp fusion, right non-coronary cusp fusion, or left non-coronary cusp fusion.
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Their cusps bear distinct wear facets and delimit gutters, which allow cusp interlocking.
Chamberlain's pursuit is less dramatic, if more significant: after a shaky 2010 season that left him on the cusp of irrelevance, Chamberlain has to prove himself again.
