Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...

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While bicuspid aortic valves are known to be associated with ... Associated congenital heart defects were present in 13% of patients, and 7% had aortic coarctation. Aortic stenosis was present ...

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

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated ... Sport alone does not exert a negative ...

If you clench your hand into a fist, this is approximately the same size as your heart. It is located in the middle of the chest and slightly towards the left. The heart is a large muscular pump ...

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...

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This causes an effective increase in afterload, left ventricular hypertrophy and, eventually, symptoms of congestive heart failure ... is a congenital bicuspid aortic valve.