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1. PLANNING STAGE:
The aortic valve is located behind the pulmonary valve, in the congenital disease called transposition of the
great vessels, the situation of these two valves is reversed, the anterior valve is the aortic valve.
The main alterations in aortic valve function are aortic stenosis and aortic insufficiency.
The aortic valve normally has three leaflets; in 1-2% of the population there is a congenital anomaly and it only
has two leaflets.
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