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Patients who have undergone surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm related to having a bicuspid aortic valve have a low risk of future aneurysm events even if participating in endurance exercise, a new ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is the most common congenital cardiac malformation, affecting up to 2% of the population. Characterised by the presence of only two valve leaflets instead of the ...

September 13, 2011 (Rochester, Minnesota) — The most common congenital heart defect, bicuspid aortic valve, significantly increases the long-term risk of aortic dissection but does not appear to ...

TAVI in low-risk bicuspid aortic stenosis can result in good outcomes out to 1 year, with valve performance comparable to that seen in tricuspid patients and a low risk of death, according to data ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In younger patients with severe aortic stenosis and low surgical risk, TAVR had similar 1-year outcomes as ...

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Surgical aortic valve repair can effectively reduce aortic regurgitation (AR), with only one in 10 patients needing reoperation for valve dysfunction within a decade after treatment, according to a ...

Background Aortic dilatation is common among adults with bicuspid aortic valves (BAV). Predictors of risk and progression of aortic dilatation are not well described in this setting. Methods We ...

A new analysis conducted by investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute shows for the first time that patients with a common heart defect who undergo catheter-based valve replacement ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...