Bicuspid aortic valve: Inter-racial difference in frequency and aortic dimensions

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 981-989

  Chandra, Sonal ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Nicolarsen, Jeremy ^a   Gayat, Etienne ^a   Spencer, Kirk T ^a   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Hofmann Bowman, Marion A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

aortopathy; bicuspid aortic valve; thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHICAGO; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867373839     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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