Bicuspid aortic cusp fusion morphology alters aortic three-dimensional outflow patterns, wall shear stress, and expression of aortopathy

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 673-682

  Mahadevia, Riti ^a   Barker, Alex J ^a   Schnell, Susanne ^a   Entezari, Pegah ^a   Kansal, Preeti ^b   Fedak, Paul W M ^b,c   Malaisrie, S Chris ^b   McCarthy, Patrick ^b   Collins, Jeremy ^a   Carr, James ^a   Markl, Michael ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic diseases; Bicuspid aortic valve; Hemodynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AORTIC DISEASES; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893866329     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003026     Document Type: Article

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