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Causes and histopathology of ascending aortic disease in children and young adults.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Jain Deepali, Dietz Harry C, Oswald Gretchen L, Maleszewski Joseph J, Halushka Marc K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ascending aortic diseases (aneurysms, dissections, and stenosis) and associated aortic valve disease are rare but important causes of morbidity and mortality in children and young adults. Certain genetic causes, such as Marfan syndrome and congenital bicuspid aortic valve disease, are well known. However, other rarer genetic and nongenetic causes of aortic disease exist. METHODS: We performed an...
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