A bicuspid aortic valve is a congenital heart condition that can sometimes make it harder for the heart to pump blood to meet the body’s needs. The aortic valve is one of the four valves in the heart.

A bicuspid aortic valve may present few problems throughout your life. But you’ll still need to live a heart-healthy lifestyle and monitor your cardiovascular system to prevent complications. The ...

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 ...

LONDON, England—Treatment with the self-expanding Evolut PRO/R transcatheter heart valve (Medtronic) for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis significantly improves hemodynamics and effectively enlarges ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Raj R. Makkar, MD, vice president of cardiovascular innovation and intervention and the Stephen R. Corday, MD, ...

A new study of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with bicuspid anatomy showed that women have more in-hospital adverse events than men and miss out on the survival advantage ...

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 ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures had a high rate of success and low risk of death or disabling stroke at 30 days in patients with a bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valve, ...

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 ...

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 ...