2026-08-17 · This surge ran for 20 days and has since subsided.
Aortic valve is drawing 575x more Wikipedia traffic than normal
Aortic valve drew 80,549 views on 2026-08-17, 575x more than the usual 140 a day over the previous 60 days.
Aortic valve
Valve in the human heart
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What this article is
The aortic valve is a valve in the heart of humans and most other animals, located between the left ventricle and the aorta. It is one of the four valves of the heart and one of the two semilunar valves, the other being the pulmonary valve. The aortic valve normally has three cusps or leaflets, although in 1–2% of the population it is found to congenitally have two leaflets. The aortic valve is the last structure in the heart the blood travels through before stopping the flow through the systemic circulation.
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