A man has a diastolic heart murmur. The AV valves are open during diastole, but if they are stenotic they will not open all the way, so blood is forced through with a hissing sound - a diastolic murmur.

The semilunar valves should be closed during diastole. What kind of defect in these valves would cause a diastolic murmur?

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