Management of the Ascending Aorta in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Vallely, Michael P ^a   Semsarian, Christopher ^b,c,d   Bannon, Paul G ^a,c,d  

^a The Baird Institute   (Australia)

^b CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Bicuspid aortic valve

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; AORTOPLASTY; ASCENDING AORTA; AUSTRALIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AORTA; AORTIC RUPTURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 50249083878     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.01.007     Document Type: Review

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