Severely calcified valvular aortic stenosis firstly diagnosed in monozygotic male twins with suspected Williams-Beuren syndrome

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 877-883

  Yetkin, Ufuk ^a   Bal, Filiz ^a   Bayata, Serdar ^a   Gürbüz, Ali ^a  

^a Izmir Ataturk Education Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Monozygotic twins; Valvular aortic stenosis; Williams Beuren syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; AORTA VALVE; CALCINOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; TWINS;

ELASTIN;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELASTIN; GENE DELETION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 16544369366     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.877     Document Type: Article

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