Cited 10 times since 2016 (1.2 per year) source: EuropePMC Heart (British Cardiac Society), Volume 102, Issue 12, 10 2 2016, Pages 943-949 Coronary anatomy as related to bicuspid aortic valve morphology. Koenraadt WM, Tokmaji G, DeRuiter MC, Vliegen HW, Scholte AJ, Siebelink HM, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, de Graaf MA, Wolterbeek R, Mulder BJ, Bouma BJ, Schalij MJ, Jongbloed MR
Objective
Variable coronary anatomy has been described in patients with bicuspid aortic valves (BAVs). This was never specified to BAV morphology, and prognostic relevance of coronary vessel dominance in this patient group is unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate valve morphology in relation to coronary artery anatomy and outcome in patients with isolated BAV and with associated aortic coarctation (CoA).
Methods
Coronary anatomy was evaluated in 186 patients with BAV (141 men (79%), 51±14 years) by CT and invasive coronary angiography. Correlation of coronary anatomy was made with BAV morphology and coronary events.
Results
Strictly bicuspid valves (without raphe) with left-right cusp fusion (type 1B) had more left dominant coronary systems compared with BAVs with left-right cusp fusion with a raphe (type 1A) (48% vs. 26%, p=0.047) and showed more separate ostia (28% vs. 9%, p=0.016). Type 1B BAVs had more coronary artery disease than patients with type 1A BAV (36% vs. 19%, p=0.047). More left dominance was seen in BAV patients with CoA than in patients without (65% vs. 24%, p<0.05).
Conclusions
The incidence of a left dominant coronary artery system and separate ostia was significantly related to BAVs with left-right fusion without a raphe (type 1B). These patients more often had significant coronary artery disease. In patients with BAV and CoA, left dominancy is more common.
