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Rare genetic variants linked to bicuspid aortic valve disease in young adults identified

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Genetic variants linked to a rare form of bicuspid aortic valve disease that affects young adults and can lead to dangerous and potentially life-threatening aortic complications have been identified by researchers at UTHealth Houston.

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Researchers ID Genetic Variants Linked to Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

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1, 2024 — Researchers at UTHealth Houston have identified genetic variants linked to a rare form of bicuspid aortic valve disease that affects young adults and can lead to dangerous and potentially life-threatening aortic complications. tim.hodson Wed, 09/04/2024 - 15:53 Sept.

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Eccentricity Index in Bicuspid Aortic Valve

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Transcript of the video: Closure line of aortic valve on M-Mode echocardiogram, is seen as central line, while in bicuspid aortic valve, it is an eccentric closure, nearer to one of the walls of the aorta. That is an important feature of bicuspid aortic valve on M-Mode echocardiogram. So this is a premature beat. is the normal range.

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Management of bicuspid aortic valve disease in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation era

Heart BMJ

In an era of rapidly expanding use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), the management of patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is far less well established than in those with trileaflet anatomy.

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Case Report: A rare diffuse mitral valvular myxoma

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiac myxoma is a common benign tumor, however, myxoma extensively distributed on the mitral valve is rare and seldom reported. Multiple neoplasms on the mitral valve with moderate mitral regurgitation were found and were further proved to be a diffuse myxoma on the mitral valve by histology.

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Bicuspid Aortic Valve Atorvastatin Treatment Study

American College of Cardiology

The goal of the BICATOR trial was to determine whether treatment with low to moderate dose atorvastatin is associated with progression of ascending aortic dilation, valvular dysfunction, or valve calcification in patients with bicuspid aortic valve.

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Columbia Cardiology Launches New Mitral & Tricuspid Center

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Division of Cardiology has announced its launch of the Mitral & Tricuspid Center. Tricuspid and mitral valves are debilitating conditions that can lead to arrhythmias, hypertension, and heart failure.

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