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Athletes with bicuspid aortic valve require thorough staging of valve anatomy, hemodynamics, and aortic diameters using multimodality imaging to determine sports eligibility and guide follow-up.
Athletes with bicuspid aortic valve require thorough multimodality imaging to assess valve anatomy, hemodynamics, and aortic dimensions to determine sports eligibility and guide follow-up.
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Supports multimodality imaging for eligibility decisions in BAV athletes; leaves open prospective validation of thresholds.
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) cannot be considered an innocent finding, but it is not necessarily a life-threatening condition. Athletes with BAV should undergo a thorough staging of the valve anatomy, taking into consideration hemodynamic factors, as well as aortic diameters and looking for other associated significant cardiovascular anomalies by use of a multimodality cardiac imaging approach. Furthermore an accurate follow-up is mandatory with serial cardiological controls in those allowed to continue sports.
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D’Andrea et al. (2015) conducted a review in Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). Multimodality cardiac imaging was evaluated. Athletes with bicuspid aortic valve require thorough staging of valve anatomy, hemodynamics, and aortic diameters using multimodality imaging to determine sports eligibility and guide follow-up.
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