Congenital bicuspid aortic valve first presenting as an aortic aneurysm

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2012, Pages e5-

  Plaisance, Benjamin R ^a,b   Winkler, Michael A ^a,b   Attili, Anil K ^a,b   Sorrell, Vincent L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Gill Heart Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858954612     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.11.011     Document Type: Letter

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