A bicuspid aortic valve is a congenital heart condition that can sometimes make it harder for the heart to pump blood to meet the body’s needs. The aortic valve is one of the four valves in the heart.

A bicuspid aortic valve may present few problems throughout your life. But you’ll still need to live a heart-healthy lifestyle and monitor your cardiovascular system to prevent complications. The ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

A normal aortic valve is composed of three aortic-valve cusps, each semilunar in appearance. The leaflets are housed within a small dilatation of the proximal aorta associated with each cusp, called ...

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Most clinical research for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis has been performed in patients with tricuspid aortic valves. However, many patients who ...

LONDON, England—Treatment with the self-expanding Evolut PRO/R transcatheter heart valve (Medtronic) for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis significantly improves hemodynamics and effectively enlarges ...

For patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis who undergo TAVI, rates of death or stroke are similar at 3 years, as well as in the hospital and at 30 days, regardless of whether they receive a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Raj R. Makkar, MD, vice president of cardiovascular innovation and intervention and the Stephen R. Corday, MD, ...

The first prospective trial of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients at low surgical risk with bicuspid aortic stenosis showed low early rates of death or disabling stroke, but ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...