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Aortic valve disease in Turner syndrome.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 13 May 2008
Sachdev Vandana, Matura Lea Ann, Sidenko Stanislav, Ho Vincent B, Arai Andrew E, Rosing Douglas R, Bondy Carolyn A
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OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of aortic valve disease in girls and women with monosomy for the X chromosome, or Turner syndrome (TS). BACKGROUND: Complications from congenital aortic valve disease are a major source of premature mortality in TS, but accurate data on the prevalence of aortic valve abnormalities and their association with aortic root dilation are not...
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