the bicuspid valve had previously been surgically replaced. Aortic dimensions on their last echocardiogram prior to dissection were 52 and 50 mm, both of which were increased from their baseline ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease, ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV ... according to the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines.12 The ...

Aortic stenosis is a condition that occurs when the opening of the aortic valve becomes narrowed ... heart imaging test known ...

Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mobile mass on the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve. Multislice CT demonstrated a significant narrowing in the proximal left ...