A small percentage of malfunctioning congenitally abnormal aortic valves are unicuspid or unicommissural,5 but as most reports do not distinguish this from bicuspid aortic valve the abbreviation ...
The major evidence for this hypothesis is that calcific disease occurs at an earlier age in patients with a bicuspid valve, typically with symptoms occurring at 50–60 years of age. 13 Also, in ...
Both current-generation balloon-expandable valves (BEVs) and self-expanding valves (SEVs) are effective for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, showing a comparably high rate of technical success and ...
Introduction: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is associated with progressive ascending aorta (AAo) dilation, often leading to aneurysms, dissections, and ruptures. Thus, current guidelines recommend ...
As a child, everyone, at one time or another, looked forward to that baby tooth coming out because that meant a visit from the tooth-fairy and money under the pillow. Today, however, I don't know what ...
There was clinical suspicion of infective endocarditis with raised infective parameters. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed abnormally thickened, bicuspid aortic valve with suspicion of paravalvular ...
Background: Individuals with aortic dilation (≥4.0cm) or aneurysm (≥4.5cm) are encouraged to avoid high-intensity sports. However, the incidence of aortic dissection in patients with bicuspid aortic ...