Schwarzenegger was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, an aortic valve with only two leaflets (a normal aortic valve has three leaflets). Schwarzenegger opted in 1997 for a replacement heart valve made of his own transplanted tissue; medical experts predicted he would require heart valve replacement surgery in the following two to eight years as his valve would progressively degrade. Schwarzenegger apparently opted against a mechanical valve, the only permanent solution available at the time of his surgery, because it would have sharply limited his physical activity and capacity to exercise.
Schwarzenegger was born with a bicuspid aortic valve , an aortic valve with only two leaflets ( a normal aortic valve has three leaflets ) . Schwarzenegger opted in 1997 for a replacement heart valve made of his own transplanted tissue ; medical experts predicted he would require heart valve replacement surgery in the following two to eight years as his valve would progressively degrade . Schwarzenegger apparently opted against a mechanical valve , the only permanent solution available at the time of his surgery , because it would have sharply limited his physical activity and capacity to exercise .
What word describes an aortic valve with two rather than three leaflets?
What word describes an aortic valve with two rather than three leaflets ?
bicuspid
bicuspid