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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2020 Jul 20;142(3):294–299. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.046892

Figure 3. Nosologic spectrum of the bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) condition.

Figure 3.

Complex-presentation and typical-presentation valvulo-aortopathies are described in the text and are risk factors for infective endocarditis and aortic dissection. The uncomplicated or undiagnosed category is more of a retrospective definition of cases of BAV in patients who never develop complications and remain undiagnosed through their lifetime, or are incidentally diagnosed by autopsy or imaging.