title: Patients with bicuspid aortic valve are likely to receive an aortic valve prosthesis during prophylactic resection of their ascending aortic aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.raffa78@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Raffa
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Ri.MED, Via Bandiera n.11, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasta
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morsolini
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellavia
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Calogero
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falletta
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pietrosi
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scardulla
authors.affiliation: Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pilato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065286:Prophylactic Surgical Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Aortic aneurysm; Aortic surgery; Bicuspid aortic valve