Bicuspid aortic valve syndrome: Heterogeneous but predictable?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-433

  Fedak, Paul W M ^a  

^a LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ELASTICITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; ELASTICITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 39349101761     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm609     Document Type: Editorial

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