1. Which is the “lord” of the aortic rings?
Ehud Raanani, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 151, Issue 5, Pages (May 2016)
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2. Figure 1
Three different aortic root geometries show that dilated aortic annulus induces cusp prolapse and reduces cusp coaptation.
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3. Dilated aortic annulus induces cusp prolapse and reduces cusp coaptation.
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