It always amazes me the difference in answers people get regarding any health issue from the medical profession. Some insist BAV is not hereditary, some insist it is. One persons surgeon will recommend a tissue valve while their cardiologist recommends mechanical. For the next person, the exact opposit is true.
One thing I have learned over the years is that the answer you get sometime's depends on the way you phrase the question.
Are there many different types of BAV? No.
Does BAV present in many different ways? Yes.
You want the same information. The person hearing the question goes clinical on you and answers exactly what they were asked, not necessarily what you really want to know.
So his answer is correct. BAV is BAV is BAV. They don't call one "Partially Fused BAV", they just call it BAV. They don't call another "True BAV", they just call it BAV. But, does it present in many different ways? Yes. Some folks (myself, for example) are stenotic from birth while others never are. Some have severe murmurs in infancy, some don't until much older, and some never do. Treatment is pretty much the same across the board. As long as it is functioning within an acceptable range of normal - leave it alone. Once that changes out of an acceptable range - time to repair or replace (this choice can be driven by presentation).
