Bicuspid aortic valve disease: what to know and what to look for

Congress:

ESCR 2016

Poster Number:

P-0007

Type:

Scientific Poster

Keywords:

Structured reporting, Contrast agent-intravenous, MR, Echocardiography (transoesophageal), CT-Angiography, Cardiovascular system, Cardiac, Arteries / Aorta, Congenital, Aneurysms

Authors:

A. Hidalgo¹, A. Barros¹, C.-H. Li¹, J. Montiel², R. Leta¹, F. Carreras¹; ¹Barcelona/ES, ²jmontiel/ES

DOI:

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/

Purpose

•To discuss the current knowledge of the anatomy, pathophysiology and clinical aspects of bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAV)

•To review the role of different imaging techniques in the assess of BAV disease including echocardiography, MDCT angiography and cardiac magnetic resonance

•To comment which aspects of each techniques the radiologist has to report in order to be useful to the clinician and surgeon