Journal of cardiovascular medicine
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J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) · Feb 2017
Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of long-term outcome of a large cohort of patients with bicuspid aortic valve.
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is the most common congenital cardiac malformation. The aim of the present article is to determine clinical and echocardiographic prognostic factors and provide a predictive model of outcome of a large cohort of patients with BAV. ⋯ At enrolment, history of hypertension, a wider aortic diameter, moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation and aortic stenosis were independently correlated to combined end-point. Long-term follow-up showed low cardiovascular mortality (2.1%) and a high prevalence of cardiac surgery (21.6%).