Figure 1
Computed tomography images of the heart .
Panel A . axial scan: from a caudal view the reader can recognize the PV as the most anterior (in the superior aspect of the image) structure of the heart in close contact with the basal septum and aortic root. The space between LPC, LCC and LVOT is the LV summit. While the PV is cut “on face”, the AV is cut “on edge”. Panel B : sagittal scan: from a left side view is clearly appreciable the closeness between LPC and Left Main coronary artery. In this projection the PV is cut “on edge”, while the AV is cut “on face”. The PV lies at a level just superior to the AV and runs on an oblique plan (from antero-superior towards postero-inferior position). LV: left ventricle, RV: right ventricle, AV: aortic valve, PV: pulmonary valve, APC: anterior pulmonary cusp, RPC: right pulmonary cusp, LPC: left pulmonary cusp, LCC: left coronary cusp, RCC: right coronary cusp, NCC: non coronary cusp, LVOT: left ventricle outflow tract, RVOT: right ventricle outflow tract, RA: right atrium, RAA: right atrial appendage, LA: left atrium, LAA: left atrial appendage, LM: left main