Endothelial Notch1 Is Required for Proper Development of the Semilunar Valves and Cardiac Outflow Tract.

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BACKGROUND: Congenital heart disease is the most common type of birth defect, affecting ≈2% of the population. Malformations involving the cardiac outflow tract and semilunar valves account for >50% of these cases predominantly because of a bicuspid aortic valve, which has an estimated prevalence of 1% in the population. We previously reported that mutations in NOTCH1 were a cause of bicuspid aortic valve in...

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