Commentary: Can patients with bicuspid aortopathy be ultimately cured?

In this issue of Seminars, Sun et al.1 analyzed mortality and late aortic adverse events in 1204 patients with bicuspid (n=454) versus tricuspid (n=750) aortic valves after isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) at a single center in Beijing, China, between 2002 and 2009. The authors used propensity score matching and included 318 propensity score-matched patient-pairs. During a mean follow-up of ten years, the authors found no difference in mortality or aortic adverse events between the two groups.
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: ADULT – Commentary Source Type: research