作者
Subodh Verma, Bobby Yanagawa, Sameer Kalra, Marc Ruel, Mark D Peterson, Michael H Yamashita, Andrew Fagan, Maria E Currie, Christopher W White, Stephane Leung Wai Sang, Cristian Rosu, Steve Singh, Holly Mewhort, Nandini Gupta, Paul WM Fedak
发表日期
2013/11/1
期刊
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
卷号
146
期号
5
页码范围
1033-1040. e4
出版商
Mosby
简介
Objective
Clinical practice guidelines have been established for surgical management of the aorta in bicuspid aortic valve disease. We hypothesized that surgeons' knowledge of and attitudes toward bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy influence their surgical approaches.
Methods
We surveyed cardiac surgeons to probe the knowledge of, attitudes toward, and surgical management of bicuspid aortopathy. A total of 100 Canadian adult cardiac surgeons participated.
Results
Fifty-two percent of surgeons believed that the mechanism underlying aortic dilation in those with bicuspid aortic valve was due to an inherent genetic abnormality of the aorta, whereas only 2% believed that altered valve-related processes were involved in this process. Only a minority (15%) believed that bicuspid valve leaflet fusion type is associated with a unique pattern of aortic dilatation aortic phenotype. Sixty-five percent of surgeons …
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