HomeRadiologyVol. 256, No. 3 PreviousNext CommunicationsLetters to the EditorAortopathy in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease: Is It Really Congenital?Evaldas Girdauskas*, Michael A. Borger†, Thomas Kuntze*Evaldas Girdauskas*, Michael A. Borger†, Thomas Kuntze*Author AffiliationsDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Thüringen 99437, Germany* e-mail: [email protected]Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany†Evaldas Girdauskas*Michael A. Borger†Thomas Kuntze*Published Online:Sep 1 2010https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.101046MoreSectionsFull textPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In References1 Hope MD, Hope TA, Meadows AKet al.. Bicuspid aortic valve: four-dimensional MR evaluation of ascending aortic systolic flow patterns. Radiology 2010;255(1):53–61. Link, Google Scholar2 Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Cook JW, Fowler B. The congenitally bicuspid aortic valve: how does it function? why does it fail? Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77(1):177–185. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar3 Schaefer BM, Lewin MB, Stout KKet al..The bicuspid aortic valve: an integrated phenotypic classification of leaflet morphology and aortic root shape. Heart 2008;94(12):1634–1638. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar4 Russo CF, Cannata A, Lanfranconi M, Vitali E, Garatti A, Bonacina E. Is aortic wall degeneration related to bicuspid aortic valve anatomy in patients with valvular disease? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136(4):937–942. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar5 Cotrufo M, Della Corte A. The association of bicuspid aortic valve disease with asymmetric dilatation of the tubular ascending aorta: identification of a definite syndrome. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2009;10(4):291–297. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar6 Fazel SS, Mallidi HR, Lee RSet al.. The aortopathy of bicuspid aortic valve disease has distinctive patterns and usually involves the transverse aortic arch. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135(4):901–907. Crossref, Medline, Google ScholarArticle HistoryPublished online: Sept 2010Published in print: Sept 2010 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited ByManaging Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Based on Aortic Root-InvolvementElizabethNorton, BoYang2017 | Frontiers in Physiology, Vol. 8Bicuspid aortic valve hemodynamics induces abnormal medial remodeling in the convexity of porcine ascending aortasSamantha K.Atkins, KaiCao, Nalini M.Rajamannan, PhilippeSucosky2014 | Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 13, No. 6Radiopaedia.orgVitaliiRogalskyi, YurangaWeerakkody2012Recommended Articles International Consensus Statement on Nomenclature and Classification of the Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Its Aortopathy, for Clinical, Surgical, Interventional and Research PurposesRadiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging2021Volume: 3Issue: 4Aortic Viscous Energy Loss for Assessment of Valve-related Hemodynamics in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic StenosisRadiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging2022Volume: 4Issue: 4Four-dimensional Virtual Catheter: Noninvasive Assessment of Intra-aortic Hemodynamics in Bicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseRadiology2019Volume: 293Issue: 3pp. 541-550Imaging of Genetic Thoracic AortopathyRadioGraphics2022Volume: 42Issue: 5pp. 1283-1302Two-Minute k-Space and Time–accelerated Aortic Four-dimensional Flow MRI: Dual-Center Study of Feasibility and Impact on Velocity and Wall Shear Stress QuantificationRadiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging2019Volume: 1Issue: 2See More RSNA Education Exhibits Handbook of 3D Printing for Cardiothoracic Radiologists: The Ultimate GuideDigital Posters2019The Silent Patients: How to Diagnose the Hereditary Thoracic Aortic AneurysmDigital Posters2019Multi-Modality Imaging of Congenital Semilunar Valvular and Perivalvular DiseaseDigital Posters2019 RSNA Case Collection Takayasu arteritisRSNA Case Collection2022Cardiovocal SyndromeRSNA Case Collection2022Stanford Type A dissectionRSNA Case Collection2020 Vol. 256, No. 3 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download