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Predictors of ascending aortic dilatation with bicuspid aortic valve: a wide spectrum of disease expression.
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery - 1 Mar 2007
Della Corte Alessandro, Bancone Ciro, Quarto Cesare, Dialetto Giovanni, Covino Franco E, Scardone Michelangelo, Caianiello Giuseppe, Cotrufo Maurizio
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the features and identify the predictors of ascending aorta dilatation in patients with congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). METHODS: In 280 adult patients with isolated BAV undergoing echocardiography, multivariate logistic regression models, including clinical and echocardiographic variables, were developed to predict dilatation (aortic ratio exceeding 1.1) at both...
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