Normal and abnormal development of the aortic wall and valve: Correlation with clinical entities

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 363-369

  Grewal, N ^a   Deruiter, M C ^a   Jongbloed, M R M ^a   Goumans, M J ^a   Klautz, R J M ^a   Poelmann, R E ^a   Gittenberger De Groot, A C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortopathy; Bicuspid aortic valve; Embryology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3;

ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA WALL; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CYSTIC MEDIAL NECROSIS; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NECROSIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TRICUSPID VALVE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 84907150377     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-014-0576-2     Document Type: Review

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