When is the best treatment for bicuspid aortic valve?
The timing of treatment for a bicuspid aortic valve is discussed, including when surgery becomes necessary and why this varies between individuals. In this video, Dr Ravi Assomull explains how symptoms and echocardiogram findings guide decisions about valve replacement.
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Transcript
With a bicuspid aortic valve, eventually you will require surgery. Surgery will be an open heart procedure to replace the aortic valve. Now this can happen at a variety of times.
In some people it will be in their 20s, in some people it will be in their 50s or 60s. What governs how quickly you need surgery is your symptoms and the findings from these annual echocardiograms that we perform for you.
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