Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2789-2800

  Siu, Samuel C ^a,b   Silversides, Candice K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bicuspid aortic valve; outcomes; review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY DILATATION; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARFAN SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953304568     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.068     Document Type: Review

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