Evaluation of relationship between bicuspid aortic valve phenotype with valve dysfunction and associated aortopathy.

Morphology of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) may have implication in the associated pathologies including aortic stenosis (AS), aortic insufficiency (AI) and aortic dilation. The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency and patterns of valvular dysfunction and aortopathy associated with different phenotypes of BAV in a referral center in northwest of Iran. In this prospective study patients who presented to our echocardiography lab between January 2014 and December 2015 and were diagnosed with BAV were assessed.