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. 2019 Sep 5;30(5):2627–2650. doi: 10.1007/s00330-019-06357-8

Fig. 10.

Fig. 10

3D CT image of the aortic root containing the sinuses of Valsalva (asterisk). As the aortic valve leaflets extend within these sinuses up to the sinotubular junction, connecting their most basal attachment sites forms a virtual ring which is named the aortic annulus (red dotted line, arrows). It also marks the transition to the LVOT