ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bicuspid aortic valve is a heart problem present at birth. That means it is a congenital heart defect. The aortic valve is between the left lower heart chamber and the body’s main artery, called the aorta. Flaps of tissue on the valve open and close with each heartbeat.

Detailed explanation-2: -A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is an aortic valve that contains only only two cusps (or flaps) instead of three. The aortic valve controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle (chamber) to the aorta, the main artery delivering blood to your body.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bicuspid valve is also called as the mitral valve. In humans, the bicuspid valve is one of four valves inside the heart. It permits blood to flow one way only, from the left atrium into the left ventricle.

Detailed explanation-4: -mitral valve: located between the left atrium and the left ventricle.

Detailed explanation-5: -The normal aortic valve has three leaflets, also known as cusps. Some people can be born with one, two or even four cusps of their aortic valve. The most common of these abnormalities is an aortic valve with two cusps-thus, a bicuspid aortic valve.