Indexed Aortic Area in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Aortopathy

St. George's Hospital, London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bicuspid Cardiac Valve; Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Treatments: Procedure: Aortic surgery +/- aortic valve replacement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04756778

IAAinBAVAneurysms2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine the relationship between the cross-sectional aortic area/patient height ratio (indexed aortic area) and absolute aortic diameter in proximal thoracic aortic aneurysms associated with a bicuspid valve. This will shed light on whether aneurysms with smaller diameters than those recommended for surgical intervention by guidelines are still at risk of aortic complications attending an abnormally high indexed aortic area.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age >18 years
• First-time surgery
• Bicuspid aortic valve confirmed
• Thoracic aortic aneurysm involving aortic root or ascending aorta

Exclusion criteria

• No available pre-operative cross-sectional imaging
• Re-do surgery