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case_images: Bicuspid aortic valve with anteroposterior cusps (Sievers type 0). (A): Aortic valve opening during systole, showing two leaflets in a bicuspid configuration. The red arrow indicates the anterior cusp, the blue arrow points to the posterior cusp, and the green arrow highlights the aortic valve opening.. (B): Aortic valve during diastole, demonstrating the presence of two leaflets in a bicuspid configuration. The red arrow highlights the raphe.. (C): Color Doppler imaging illustrating a moderate aortic regurgitation jet (red arrow), consistent with altered hemodynamics through the bicuspid aortic valve.
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: A transthoracic echocardiogram was performed upon admission, which revealed the presence of congenital aortic valve disease - aortic bicuspidia - with apparently moderate regurgitation (Figure 1).
case_images: Bicuspid aortic valve. The arrow indicates the fusion of the cusps in the aortic valve, a hallmark of bicuspid aortic valve morphology.
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: A transesophageal echocardiogram was scheduled, which revealed the presence of congenital aortic valve disease (bicuspid aortic valve) (Figure 2), with apparently moderate regurgitation (Figure 3).
case_images: Apparently moderate-grade maximum regurgitation. The arrow highlights the aortic regurgitation jet, visualized on color Doppler, indicating high-velocity retrograde blood flow through the aortic valve during diastole.
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: A transesophageal echocardiogram was scheduled, which revealed the presence of congenital aortic valve disease (bicuspid aortic valve) (Figure 2), with apparently moderate regurgitation (Figure 3).