Journal Article

Aortic Dilatation in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Siu, Samuel C, Verma, Subodh

2014

Overview

Bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital heart defect in adults. Dilatation of the proximal aorta, or bicuspid aortopathy, is present in approximately half these patients and can lead to complications, including aneurysm formation and aortic dissection. Bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital heart defect in adults, affecting 1.3% of the population worldwide, and is responsible for more deaths and complications than the combined effects of all the other congenital heart defects. 1 , 2 Although aortic stenosis and regurgitation are the most common complications of a bicuspid aortic valve, dilatation of any or all segments of the proximal aorta from the aortic root to the aortic arch, called bicuspid aortopathy, is also present in approximately 50% of affected persons. 1 – 4 Accumulating evidence suggests that the pattern of aortic dilatation in persons with a bicuspid aortic valve . . .

• Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
• Subject: Abnormalities, Multiple / Age / Algorithms / Aneurysm, Dissecting - etiology / Aorta / Aorta, Thoracic - abnormalities / Aorta, Thoracic - physiopathology / Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - etiology / Aortic dissection / Aortic valve / Aortic Valve - abnormalities / Aortic Valve - diagnostic imaging / Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease / Biological and medical sciences / Cardiology / Cardiology. Vascular system / Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava / Coronary vessels / Dilatation, Pathologic / Echocardiography / Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases / General aspects / Heart / Heart Valve Diseases - complications / Heart Valve Diseases - diagnostic imaging / Heart Valve Diseases - therapy / Humans / Medical sciences / Prevalence / Vascular Malformations - complications / Veins & arteries