The aortopathy of bicuspid aortic valve disease has distinctive patterns and usually involves the transverse aortic arch

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Fazel, Shafie S ^a   Mallidi, Hari R ^a   Lee, Richard S ^a   Sheehan, Michael P ^a   Liang, David ^a   Fleischman, Dominik ^a   Herfkens, Robert ^a   Mitchell, R Scott ^a   Miller, D Craig ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 41049084855     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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