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Review
. 2007 Feb 24;334(7590):420-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39065.624815.80.

An undiagnosed bicuspid aortic valve can result in severe left ventricular failure

Sagar Saha  1 , Rachel Bastiaenen, Martin Hayward, Jean R McEwan
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Review

An undiagnosed bicuspid aortic valve can result in severe left ventricular failure

Sagar Saha et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Asymptomatic bicuspid aortic valves diagnosed in childhood need regular monitoring to allow early surgical intervention and prevention of left ventricular failure

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Electrocardiogram showing left ventricular hypertrophy with widespread fixed T wave inversion
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Fig 2 Transthoracic echocardiogram showing a calcified bicuspid aortic valve with an eccentric jet of moderate to severe aortic regurgitation directed along the anterior mitral valve leaflet. Severe left ventricular dilatation is present
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