The Sievers Classification of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve for the Perioperative Echocardiographer: The Importance of Valve Phenotype for Aortic Valve Repair in the Era of the Functional Aortic Annulus

Clare H Ridley; Prashanth Vallabhajosyula; Joseph E Bavaria; Prakash A Patel; Jacob T Gutsche; Ronak Shah; Jared W Feinman; Stuart J Weiss; John G Augoustides

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2016.02.009

The Sievers Classification of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve for the Perioperative Echocardiographer: The Importance of Valve Phenotype for Aortic Valve Repair in the Era of the Functional Aortic Annulus

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Aug;30(4):1142-51. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.02.009. Epub 2016 Feb 12.

Authors

Clare H Ridley¹, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula², Joseph E Bavaria², Prakash A Patel³, Jacob T Gutsche³, Ronak Shah³, Jared W Feinman³, Stuart J Weiss³, John G Augoustides⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery.
³ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.

PMID: 27241768
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.02.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Sievers classification; aneurysm; annular dilation; aortic valve repair; bicuspid aortic valve; dissection; external annuloplasty; functional aortic annulus; guidelines; insufficiency; internal annuloplasty; raphe; stenosis; transesophageal echocardiography; type 0; type 1; type 2; valve-sparing aortic root replacement; ventriculo-aortic junction.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Echocardiography / methods*
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Perioperative Care / methods*
Phenotype
Treatment Outcome