Should aortas in patients with bicuspid aortic valve really be resected at an earlier stage than tricuspid? PRO

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Wald, Ori ^a   Korach, Amit ^a   Shapira, Oz M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Bicuspid aortic valve

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; FIBRILLIN 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY DILATATION; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; HEART VALVE DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; TIME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952592330     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2010.01.005     Document Type: Review

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