Why the study?
Does regular monitoring and early surgical intervention prevent left ventricular failure in patients with asymptomatic bicuspid aortic valves diagnosed in childhood?
Does regular monitoring and early surgical intervention prevent left ventricular failure in patients with asymptomatic bicuspid aortic valves diagnosed in childhood?
Highlights the importance of regular monitoring for childhood-diagnosed bicuspid aortic valves to prevent severe left ventricular failure.
May support monitoring in childhood bicuspid aortic valve; hypothesis-generating for preventing left ventricular failure.
Asymptomatic bicuspid aortic valves diagnosed in childhood need regular monitoring to allow early surgical intervention and prevention of left ventricular failure
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Saha et al. (2007) studied this question.