Gregory Piazza: Bicuspid Aortic Valve Affects Approximately 2% of The Population
Gregory Piazza, Director of the Vascular Medicine Section at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, shared on LinkedIn:
”Bicuspid aortic valve affects approximately 2% of the population and is often underdiagnosed and underrecognized as a potential mechanism for valvular heart disease and aortic aneurysm. In our new analysis of the CDC WONDER dataset, mortality seems to be increasing in this population within the US. Great work by our collaborator and master data scientist, Dr. Marco Zuin!”
Read the full article here.
Article: Trends in Bicuspid Aortic Valve–Attributable Death in the United States From 2010 to 2020
Authors: Marco Zuin, Umberto Campia, Kim I. De la Cruz, Michael Singh, Gregory Piazza

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