Summary: International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of  the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional, and research purposes.

Michelena, Hector I; Della Corte, Alessandro; Evangelista, Arturo; Maleszewski, Joseph J; Edwards, William D; Roman, Mary J; Devereux, Richard B; Fernández, Borja; Asch, Federico M; Barker, Alex J; Sierra-Galan, Lilia M; De Kerchove, Laurent; Fernandes, Susan M; Fedak, Paul W M; Girdauskas, Evaldas; Delgado, Victoria; Abbara, Suhny; Lansac, Emmanuel; Prakash, Siddharth K; Bissell, Malenka M; Popescu, Bogdan A; Hope, Michael D; Sitges, Marta; Thourani, Vinod H; Pibarot, Phillippe; Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy; LANCELLOTTI, Patrizio; Borger, Michael A; Forrest, John K; Webb, John; Milewicz, Dianna M; Makkar, Raj; Leon, Martin B; Sanders, Stephen P; Markl, Michael; Ferrari, Victor A; Roberts, William C; Song, Jae-Kwan; Blanke, Philipp; White, Charles S; Siu, Samuel; Svensson, Lars G; Braverman, Alan C; Bavaria, Joseph; Sundt, Thoralf M; Khoury, Gebrine El; De Paulis, Ruggero; Enriquez-Sarano, Maurice; Bax, Jeroen J; Otto, Catherine M; Schäfers, Hans-Joachim

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Summary: International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional, and research purposes.

Michelena, Hector I; Della Corte, Alessandro; Evangelista, Arturo et al.

2021 • In Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 162 (3), p. 781-797

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Aorta/diagnostic imaging/surgery; Aortic Diseases/classification/diagnostic imaging/surgery; Aortic Valve/abnormalities/diagnostic imaging/surgery; Aortography; Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease/classification/diagnostic imaging/surgery; Cardiac Imaging Techniques; Consensus; Humans; Phenotype; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Terminology as Topic; Aortopathy; Bicuspid aortic valve; Classification; Nomenclature

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[en] This International evidence-based nomenclature and classification consensus on the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy recognizes 3 types of bicuspid aortic valve: 1. Fused type, with 3 phenotypes: right-left cusp fusion, right-non cusp fusion and left-non cusp fusion; 2. 2-sinus type with 2 phenotypes: Latero-lateral and antero-posterior; and 3. Partial-fusion or forme fruste. This consensus recognizes 3 bicuspid-aortopathy types: 1. Ascending phenotype; root phenotype; and 3. extended phenotypes.

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Cardiovascular & respiratory systems

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Michelena, Hector I; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Electronic

Della Corte, Alessandro; Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "L.

Evangelista, Arturo; Department of Cardiology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research

Maleszewski, Joseph J; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, Department

Edwards, William D; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Roman, Mary J; Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.

Devereux, Richard B; Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.

Fernández, Borja; Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Investigación

Asch, Federico M; MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC.

Barker, Alex J; Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado,

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September 2021

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Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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0022-5223

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