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Aortic dilation rates in patients with biscuspid aortic valve: correlations with cusp fusion phenotype.
The Journal of heart valve disease - 1 Jul 2014
Pagé Maude, Mongeon François-Pierre, Stevens Louis-Mathieu, Soulière Vicky, Khairy Paul, El-Hamamsy Ismail
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: The study aim was to compare the pattern and rate of aortic dilation in patients with isolated non-surgical bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) with left-right fusion (L-R) and right-non coronary fusion (R-N). Although the etiology and optimal management of aortic dilation associated with BAV remain the subject of debate, recent data have suggested that L-R and R-N cusp fusion phenotypes...
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