It’s time to retire the Sievers-classification
Short title: Bicuspid aortic valve classification
Jama Jahanyar, MD PhD FACS1,2, Laurent de Kerchove, MD PhD1, Peter I. Tsai, MD FACS2, Sameh M. Said, MD FACS FACC3, Gebrine El Khoury, MD PhD2
1 Division of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Queen’s Heart Institute, Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
2 Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
3Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Conflicts of Interest: JJ none; LDK none; PIT none; SMS is a Consultant for Abbot, Stryker, Artivion; GEK none
Funding: none