Bicuspid aortic valve and thoracic aortic aneurysm: Three patient populations, two disease phenotypes, and one shared genotype

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hinton, Robert B ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 84866253139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/926975     Document Type: Review

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