Restricted cusp motion in right-left type of bicuspid aortic valves: A new risk marker for aortopathy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 360-369.e1

  Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Bancone, Ciro ^a   Conti, Carlo A ^b   Votta, Emiliano ^b   Redaelli, Alberto ^b   Del Viscovo, Luca ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Pineta Grande Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTOPATHY; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRICUSPID AORTIC VALVE;

EID: 84863987588     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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