The elusive link between aortic wall histology and echocardiographic anatomy in bicuspid aortic valve: Implications for prophylactic surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-327

  Leone, Ornella ^a   Biagini, Elena ^a   Pacini, Davide ^a   Zagnoni, Silvia ^a   Ferlito, Marinella ^a   Graziosi, Maddalena ^a   Bartolomeo, Roberto Di ^a   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bicuspid aortic valve; Echocardiography; Histological abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860324685     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.05.064     Document Type: Article

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