When two of the cusps are fused together, the valve becomes functionally “bicuspid.” Most commonly, the right and left coronary cusps are fused and least commonly the left and noncoronary ...

Michelena and colleagues (2011) have published a study of the Olmstead County population to assess the incidence of aortic complications in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (AV) who come from a ...

with a bicuspid aortic valve, the leaflets dome suddenly prior to opening and create a systolic ejection click. The click may be difficult to hear in the presence of significant AS. Mitral valve ...

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 ...

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. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

Pi-Cardia today announced the first commercial procedures with its ShortCut leaflet modification device for enabling heart ...