Tricuspid valve Bicuspid or mitral valve; The valve opens to let blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle. Has three cusps, or leaflets. Has two cusps, or leaflets.

In the current analysis, Tchétché and colleagues reviewed pre- and postimplantation CT scans for 97 patients with aortic bicuspid valve disease and compared these with 88 tricuspid AS patients. A ...

Most patients with bicuspid or tricuspid aortic valve stenosis also improved in NYHA functional class at 1 year (75.1% and 78.7%, respectively; P = .35). PAGE BREAK ...

In patients at low surgical risk who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a balloon-expandable valve, those with bicuspid aortic valves had no excess death and stroke risk ...

According to Kaneko, bicuspid patients are more likely than tricuspid patients to have calcification that is focal to the valve itself and tend to be healthier overall. Fewer Readmissions in Bicuspid ...

A bicuspid aortic valve is a common cardiovascular condition, affecting about 1% of the general population. Bicuspid aortic valves are more common in men, but also affect women.

At both 30 days and one year after TAVR, mortality was not statistically different in both the bicuspid and tricuspid valve patients. At one year, 13.2% of patients with bicuspid valves had died ...

Indeed, PVL greater than mild was reported in 5.9% of women in the current study, compared with 2.7% of women with tricuspid valves who underwent TAVR with first-generation valves in a previous study.

A bicuspid aortic valve is a congenital heart defect with potentially serious complications. We'll cover how it's diagnosed, treated, managed, and more.

Sapien 3 recipients with BAV anatomy had similar adjusted 1-year event rates when matched to peers with tricuspid aortic valves also getting TAVR: Mortality (10.5% vs 12.0%, P =0.31) Stroke rates ...