Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Dilated Aortas: A Critical Review of the Critical Review of the ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines Recommendations

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-114

  Bonow, Robert O ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA WALL; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 51749089044     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.01.058     Document Type: Note

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