[Effect of age on valvular dysfunction and aortic dilatation in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve].
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.
Alegret
Josep M
JM
Sección de Cardiología, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Reus, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Barcelona, Spain. jalegretc@hsp.santpau.es
Palomares
Raquel
R
Duran
Ignasi
I
Vernis
Josep M
JM
Palazón
Oscar
O
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