%0 Journal Article
%T International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes.
%A Michelena HI
%A Della Corte A
%A Evangelista A
%A Maleszewski JJ
%A Edwards WD
%A Roman MJ
%A Devereux RB
%A Fernández B
%A Asch FM
%A Barker AJ
%A Sierra-Galan LM
%A De Kerchove L
%A Fernandes SM
%A Fedak PWM
%A Girdauskas E
%A Delgado V
%A Abbara S
%A Lansac E
%A Prakash SK
%A Bissell MM
%A Popescu BA
%A Hope MD
%A Sitges M
%A Thourani VH
%A Pibarot P
%A Chandrasekaran K
%A Lancellotti P
%A Borger MA
%A Forrest JK
%A Webb J
%A Milewicz DM
%A Makkar R
%A Leon MB
%A Sanders SP
%A Markl M
%A Ferrari VA
%A Roberts WC
%A Song JK
%A Blanke P
%A White CS
%A Siu S
%A Svensson LG
%A Braverman AC
%A Bavaria J
%A Sundt TM
%A El Khoury G
%A De Paulis R
%A Enriquez-Sarano M
%A Bax JJ
%A Otto CM
%A Schäfers HJ
%A  
%J Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
%V 60
%N 3
%D 09 2021 11
%M 34293102
%F 4.534
%R 10.1093/ejcts/ezab038
%X This International Consensus Classification and Nomenclature for the congenital bicuspid aortic valve condition recognizes 3 types of bicuspid valves: 1. The fused type (right-left cusp fusion, right-non-coronary cusp fusion and left-non-coronary cusp fusion phenotypes); 2. The 2-sinus type (latero-lateral and antero-posterior phenotypes); and 3. The partial-fusion (forme fruste) type. The presence of raphe and the symmetry of the fused type phenotypes are critical aspects to describe. The International Consensus also recognizes 3 types of bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy: 1. The ascending phenotype; 2. The root phenotype; and 3. Extended phenotypes.