Comparison of ascending aortic size in patients with severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis treated with versus without a statin drug

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1458-1462

  Goel, Sachin S ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a   Agarwal, Shikhar ^a   Aksoy, Olcay ^a   Krishnaswamy, Amar ^a   Griffin, Brian P ^a   Svensson, Lars G ^a   Kapadia, Samir R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80155199249     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.06.071     Document Type: Article

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