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Risk Factors

One of the Most Common Congenital Heart Defects

Bicuspid aortic valve disease is a congenital defect and is one of the most common congenital heart defects.

• Affects between one and two percent of all children from birth.
  
• Affects males twice as often as females.
  
• More common in babies born of parents with a family history of bicuspid aortic valve disease.