Bicuspid aortic valve

Get critical insights and facts about your aorta and bicuspid aortic valves from Dr. Paul Fedak, a heart surgeon who helped write the AATS guidelines.

Learn the latest research for the hereditary and genetic factors of bicuspid aortic valves from Dr. Thomas Gleason, heart surgeon.

Some people can have a bicuspid aortic valve and never know it. Discover more about the condition, including bicuspid aortic valve symptoms.

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Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital cardiac anomaly. Learn more about living with BAV, including exercise, diet and management tips.

Objective: To establish a classification of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) that includes both leaflet morphology and aortic shape. Setting: Two academic medical centres of the University of Washington, Seattle. Patients: 191 adult patients with BAV. Interventions: Review of clinical data and transthoracic echocardiograms. Main outcome measures: Assessment of leaflet morphology; valve function; aortic shape and dimensions. Results: We identified three morphologies: type 1, fusion of right and…

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Bicuspid aortic valve