August 2006

Questions:

What is the view you see in this video clip?

-What are structures 1,2 and 3 seen in the image?

Answer:

The view in the clip is the aortic valve short axis view.

Structure 1 is the non coronary cusp of the aortic valve, structure 2 is the right coronary cusp of aortic valve and structure 3 is the left coronary cusp of the aortic valve.