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New insights in the association between bicuspid aortic valve phenotype, aortic configuration and valve haemodynamics.
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery - 1 Feb 2016
Sievers Hans-Hinrich, Stierle Ulrich, Hachmann Rebecca M S, Charitos Efstratios I
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OBJECTIVES: Patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) present with various phenotypes of the valve, the aortic root (AoR) and/or the ascending aorta (AAo) and various valve haemodynamics (vHs). The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between the above parameters. METHODS: Between February 1999 and April 2014, the preoperative aortographies of 828 surgical patients with BAV were...
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