Forme fruste or 'incomplete' Bicuspid aortic valves with very small raphes: The prevalence of Bicuspid valve and its significance may be underestimated

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-5

  Sperling, Jason S ^a   Lubat, Edward ^b  

^a HealthOne   (United States)

^b VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Bicuspid; Valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FORME FRUSTE BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84934290426     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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