Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is the most common congenital heart defect, characterized by the presence of only two leaflets in the aortic valve instead of the normal three. This condition ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart ...

The research demonstrated that variations in chromosome 22 may contribute to the individual severity of nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease and the risk for complications. Bicuspid aortic ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease, ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be performed by highly trained specialists.

ccf.org We performed a systematic review of the current state of the literature regarding the natural history and outcomes of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). PubMed and the reference lists of the ...

Growing up with a heart disease, Ashley Pecora never knew what her life was going to look like—until two years ago when she ...

During the last decades, the hypothesis of an underlying genetic contribution in the pathogenesis of BAV has been supported by a growing number of evidences resulting from both human and animal models ...