Predictors of rapid aortic dilatation in adults with a bicuspid aortic valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-298

  Iqtidar, Ali F ^a   O'Rourke, Daniel J ^b,c   Silverman, David I ^a   Thompson, Paul D ^a   DiScipio, Anthony W ^c   Palac, Robert T ^c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTICUT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961229701     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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