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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Bicuspid Versus Tricuspid Aortic Valves From the STS/ACC TVT Registry
Forrest JK, Kaple RK, Ramlawi B, Gleason TG, Meduri CU, Yakubov SJ, Jilaihawi H, Liu F, Reardon MJ. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Bicuspid Versus Tricuspid Aortic Valves From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2020, 13: 1749-1759. PMID: 32473890, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAortic Valve StenosisBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseFemaleHeart Valve ProsthesisHemodynamicsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsProsthesis DesignRecovery of FunctionRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAortic valve stenosisBicuspid aortic valve stenosisTranscatheter aortic valve replacementEvolut PRO valveAortic valve replacementValve stenosisTVT RegistryCause mortalityValve replacementEvolut RBicuspid valveBicuspid Versus Tricuspid Aortic ValvesSTS/ACC TVT RegistryThoracic Surgeons/American CollegeTricuspid aortic valve stenosisCardiology TVT (Transcatheter Valve Therapy) RegistryTricuspid aortic stenosisRate of strokeSelf-expanding valvesLow complication rateTricuspid aortic valveAcceptable safety outcomesCardiac comorbiditiesEchocardiographic outcomesAortic stenosis
2022
Imaging, Treatment Options, Patient Selection, and Outcome Considerations for Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Ahmad Y, Agarwal V, Williams M, Wang D, Reardon M, Cavalcante J, Makkar R, Forrest J. Imaging, Treatment Options, Patient Selection, and Outcome Considerations for Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2022, 1: 100506. PMID: 39132366, PMCID: PMC11307905, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementBicuspid aortic valve diseaseAortic valve diseaseValve replacementValve diseaseBAV diseaseSevere symptomatic aortic stenosisSurgical aortic valve replacementPivotal randomized trialsAortic valve surgerySymptomatic aortic stenosisRandomized clinical trialsValve surgeryHeart teamAortic stenosisSurgical riskPatient selectionRandomized trialsBicuspid valveSurgical approachTreatment optionsClinical trialsPatientsDisease
2021
International Consensus Statement on Nomenclature and Classification of the Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Its Aortopathy, for Clinical, Surgical, Interventional and Research Purposes
Michelena HI, Corte AD, Evangelista A, Maleszewski JJ, Edwards WD, Roman MJ, Devereux RB, Fernández B, Asch FM, Barker AJ, Sierra-Galan LM, De Kerchove L, Fernandes SM, Fedak PWM, Girdauskas E, Delgado V, Abbara S, Lansac E, Prakash SK, Bissell MM, Popescu BA, Hope MD, Sitges M, Thourani VH, Pibarot P, Chandrasekaran K, Lancellotti P, Borger MA, Forrest JK, Webb J, Milewicz DM, Makkaar R, Leon MB, Sanders SP, Markl M, Ferrari VA, Roberts WC, Song JK, Blanke P, White CS, Siu S, Svensson LG, Braverman AC, Bavaria J, Sundt TM, El Khoury G, De Paulis R, Enriquez-Sarano M, Bax JJ, Otto CM, Schäfers HJ. International Consensus Statement on Nomenclature and Classification of the Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Its Aortopathy, for Clinical, Surgical, Interventional and Research Purposes. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging 2021, 3: e200496. PMID: 34505060, PMCID: PMC8424700, DOI: 10.1148/ryct.2021200496.Peer-Reviewed Original Research