title: [Effect of age on valvular dysfunction and aortic dilatation in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve].
abstract: Aortic regurgitation was the commonest functional anomaly among younger patients in a group of 63 individuals with a diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve. With increasing age, a rise in the number with combined aortic valve disease and aortic stenosis was observed. Aortic dilatation was found in 65% of cases. Dilatation was independently associated with age and transvalvular aortic gradient.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Cardiología, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Reus, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Barcelona, Spain. jalegretc@hsp.santpau.es
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alegret
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palomares
authors.forename: Ignasi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vernis
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Palazón
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged