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| Calcification of Aortic Valve with Stenosis |
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| Calcification of Aortic Valve with Stenosis
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•This is a surgically excised aortic valve, replaced by a
prosthesis.
•View is from above. Note the severe stenosis due to fusion
of the 3 commissures, which are obliterated, marked fibrous
valve thickening, and calcification, with irregular calcific
excrescences jutting into the orifice (arrow).
•Fusion of the commissures indicates that the etiology of
this type of aortic stenosis is rheumatic fever, in contrast
to calcific aortic stenosis with intact commissures and
discrete calcified valves in the aged of unknown etiology.
| | (Description By:J. Hasson, M.D. )
| | (Image Contrib. by: Hartford Hospital )
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