People with a bicuspid aortic valve usually undergo a CT scan, in addition to echocardiograms, to check for changes in the size of the aorta.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent clinical sources (Medscape, CCJM review, multimodality imaging review, surveillance study) confirm CT/MRI is used alongside echocardiography to monitor aortic size in bicuspid aortic valve patients, especially when echo views are limited or before surgery. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Bicuspid aortic valve - Overview - Mayo Clinic (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8778671/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ccjm.org/content/85/10/779 (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768129/ (corroboration)