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If you haven't already found it, check out the following article in the journal "Neurology" (Vol 74, issue 18, Schievink et al): "Screening for intracranial aneurysms in patients with bicuspid aortic valve". It was a small study, but they found a substantial increase in percentage of BAV...

...it's worth noting that it is possible to be outwardly asymptomatic due to compensation that is leading to irreversible heart damage. Just because you don't feel out of breath doesn't mean there isn't a problem that needs to be addressed.

...if your friend DIED crossing the road because he ignored the "don't walk" sign on a busy intersection, then yes, maybe you should avoid doing that. If your friend died crossing a quiet country road because someone was driving recklessly and rounded a turn before he could see them, then that's...

Thanks for all the quick replies. Obviously, all of you are correct in terms of my needing to talk to the doc. Luckily, I am actually already scheduled for a six month follow-up with my cardiologist next week. That's actually something that freaked me out a little...it used to be that he only...

...forgot to mention...I also started noticing a strange awareness of my heart beat about 1-2 years ago and occasionally strange rhythms (like it stops for a second or two and then beats really fast for a few seconds "to catch up").

Hey folks...I've been lurking around here for a while, but am just posting for the first time. I'm not sure how much of the "cardiac history" part of my profile will be pasted in automatically, so forgive any redundancy. I am 40yrs old. I have had a known heart murmur since birth. At 18 I was...