Bicuspid aortic valve disease is a common congenital anomaly that requires clinical attention due to its association with progressive valve dysfunction and vascular abnormalities such as aortic dilatation.
Supports increased clinical vigilance for complications; leaves open optimal management pathways pending prospective data.
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, predomi- nantly 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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