Is aortopathy in bicuspid aortic valve disease a congenital defect or a result of abnormal hemodynamics? A critical reappraisal of a one-sided argument

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 809-814

  Girdauskas, Evaldas ^a   Borger, Michael A ^b   Secknus, Maria Anna ^a   Girdauskas, Gracijus ^c   Kuntze, Thomas ^a  

^a Heart Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^c LITHUANIAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic surgery; Bicuspid aortic valve; Congenital heart defects; Valves

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MARFAN SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALL STRESS;

AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79955591865     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.001     Document Type: Review

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