This review highlights the importance of early diagnosis, regular monitoring, and appropriate timing of surgical intervention for patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease and associated aortopathy.
High morbidity from bicuspid aortic valve disease persists; Level 5 data leaves open optimal screening and intervention thresholds.
Bicuspid aortic valve disease is the most common congenital cardiac anomaly. The prevalence in the general population is between 0.46% and 1.37%. There is significantly high cardiac morbidity associated with bicuspid aortic valve disease, predominantly due to progressive valve dysfunction (stenosis or regurgitation) that requires surgical intervention for symptom relief or prevention of left ventricular dysfunction, or less commonly, for complications of endocarditis. Bicuspid aortic valve disease is clinically important not only because of valve disease but also because of its association with many vascular abnormalities, such as aortic dilatation and aortic coarctation.
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