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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Klinik fur Herzchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Alle 160, Luebeck, 23538 Germany

(Email: sievers@medinf.mu-luebeck.de).

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This article by Lad and colleagues [1] reports the coincidence of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease and mitral regurgitation and as such adds considerably to the understanding of the BAV complex. Their classification system of the BAV includes 27 patients presenting with BAVs, with 1 raphe and 3 aortic sinuses, and was related to the spatial position of that raphe (types 1, 2, and 3). However, 2 patients without a raphe and 2 aortic sinuses, the "purely" BAV, could not be classified.

We recently reported a simple classification system that covers the entire spectrum of BAV phenotypes using the number of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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