Aortic dilatation in patients with bicuspid aortic valve

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-20

  Cecconi, Moreno ^a,c   Nistri, Stefano ^b   Quarti, Andrea ^a   Manfrin, Marcello ^a   Colonna, Pier Luigi ^a   Molini, Epifanio ^a   Perna, Gian Piero ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Cardiologia   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dilatation; Aortic surgery; Bicuspid aortic valve

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AORTA DILATATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; AORTA VALVE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; THORACIC AORTA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; CHILD; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33744470850     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000199777.85343.ec     Document Type: Review

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