WASHINGTON — Treatment of bicuspid aortic stenosis ... valve into the proper location, no patient-prosthesis mismatch, mean aortic gradient < 20 mm Hg or peak velocity < 3 m/s and no moderate ...

NEW ORLEANS — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) offers patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis survival similar to TAVR patients with tricuspid stenosis, albeit with an uptick in ...

Perspectives from M. Chadi ... However, the bicuspid group had a higher rate of stroke than the tricuspid group. “Based on this study, patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis who are ...

major bleeding (1.4% vs 2.8%), pacemaker implantation (16.6% vs 17.9%), aortic valve-related rehospitalization (3.5% vs 4.9%), or valve thrombosis (1.4% vs 0.7%; P = NS for all). Hemodynamics improved ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when ...

But sometimes people are born with a valve that has only two leaflets, known as a bicuspid ... severe aortic stenosis should ...

People may also develop aortic stenosis if they are born with a bicuspid aortic valve. A person’s aortic valve normally has three parts, or cusps. A bicuspid aortic valve has two parts.

Aortic stenosis may result from a congenital heart defect, which is a heart problem present at birth, such as a bicuspid aortic valve. People born with aortic stenosis may have an atypical heart ...

Over time calcification and fibrosis of the aortic valve can lead to stenosis (narrowing) and regurgitation (leakage) in the aorta. The symptoms of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) typically arise when ...

Aortic stenosis. The aortic valve is narrowed, making it harder for the left ventricle to pump blood into the aorta. A bicuspid aortic valve can cause aortic stenosis, but most cases are caused by ...

Having an aortic valve with only two leaflets (a bicuspid aortic valve) can lead to increased calcification and then aortic stenosis. Children born with either malformed valve leaflets or fewer ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not ... condition occurs when someone is born with only two cusps on their aortic valve instead of the usual three (bicuspid aortic valve). This is ...