Bicuspid aortic stenosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
While a normal aortic valve has three leaflets, a bicuspid aortic valve is an aortic valve that instead has two cusps[1].
Epidemiology
Anatomy
Pathophysiology and Natural History
A congenital bicuspid aortic valve may be associated with the development of either progressive clacific stenosis or regurgitation. The defect is the leading cause of acquired calcified aortic stenosis
Diagnosis
Symptoms | Physical Examination | Echocardiography | Pathology
Treatment/Prognosis
References
- ↑ "Yale Atlas of Echo- Bicuspid aortic valve". Retrieved 2007-08-08.