Prevalence, Characteristics, and Clinical Significance of Concomitant Cardiomyopathies in Subjects with Bicuspid Aortic Valves.

CONCLUSION: Concomitant cardiomyopathies were observed in 5.6% of subjects with BAV. A few different clinical and echocardiographic characteristics were found. The presence of cardiomyopathy was independently associated with heart failure. PMID: 31433579 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Yonsei Medical Journal - August 23, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Jeong H, Shim CY, Kim D, Choi JY, Choi KU, Lee SY, Hong GR, Ha JW Tags: Yonsei Med J Source Type: research