PRogression Of bicuSPid-rElated aoRtOpathy in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (PROSPERO-TAVI)

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is being offered to younger patients affected by severe aortic stenosis as an alternative to surgery. Although historically excluded from the main randomized clinical trials, patients with native bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) are commonly treated in daily TAVI practice. Indeed, several observational studies reported similar outcomes of TAVI in BAV patients compared to tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) patients. Notably, BAV is frequently associated with aortic dilatation (20% to 84% of BAV patients). Surgical patients usually undergo concomitant aortic root replacement if aortic diameter exceed 50 mm (5). TAVI patients do not undergo treatment of the concomitant aortopathy, but currently there is a paucity of data regarding the progression of the aortopathy after AS treatment (6,7). The main aim of this ambispective, multicenter study is to evaluate the progression of the bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy in patients undergoing TAVI by computed tomography angiography (CTA) assessment at follow-up.