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Back to the Basics: Aortic Valve Anatomy - Cardioserv

The aortic valve is composed of 3 leaflets. Each leaflet is named according to the sinuses of Valsalva outward pouch it overlies. Since the outward pouches are associated with the coronary artery, the leaflet cusps are named accordingly: Therefore, we can associate the RCC with the right coronary artery and the LCC with the left coronary artery.

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