Ascending aortic wall degeneration in patients with bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve.
Ari A MennanderIvana KholovaSaku PelttariTimo PaavonenPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2022)
Since degeneration of the ascending aortic wall was seldom prominent, histopathology alone may not support the need for surgery of the dilated ascending aorta in BAV patients as compared with TAV patients.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- pulmonary artery
- aortic stenosis
- end stage renal disease
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- aortic valve replacement
- newly diagnosed
- aortic dissection
- prognostic factors
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- coronary artery
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- patient reported outcomes