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, ...

LONDON, England—There are more positive signs that current-generation transcatheter valves, originally designed to treat tricuspid aortic stenosis (AS), do just fine in the setting of bicuspid disease ...

What is Bicuspid Aortic Valve? Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a very common congenital cardiac malformation. It afflicts about 1-2% of population with a predominance in males. The aorta is the main ...

The incidence of aortic dissection in patients with bicuspid aortic valve is low, but higher than in the general population, new study results suggested. In a comprehensive assessment of aortic ...

Patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis who undergo SAVR do as well as those with tricuspid valves, with a lower rate of risk-adjusted long-term death, according to a new analysis from the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I consider myself to be in good health. I work out several times a week, but recently I began experiencing episodes of shortness of breath after going up and down the stairs in my ...

Researchers report a key protein is affected during heart valve formation, in the first genome-wide study of bicuspid aortic valve. Researchers are working to determine why the aortic valve doesn't ...

If you’re born with a two-leaflet aortic valve, you will need to make heart-healthy choices and work with your healthcare team to reduce complications and respond quickly if symptoms develop. A ...

What happens during development to create the most common congenital heart defect, a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV)? The identification of two genetic variants linked to BAV is the newest step forward, ...

AMSTERDAM — Investigators say new data presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2013 Congress support the expansion of transcatheter valves into two areas: failing surgical bioprosthetics ...

Cough and breathing troubles had a reason%3A a defective heart valve Surgeons repair the problem with a replacement valve from a cow Bicuspid aortic valve afflicts a few million Americans Two legacies ...