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Bicuspid and unicuspid aortic valves: Different phenotypes of the same disease? Insight from the GenTAC Registry.
Congenital heart disease - 1 Dec 2017
Krepp Joseph M, Roman Mary J, Devereux Richard B, Bruce Adrienne, Prakash Siddharth K, Morris Shaine A, Milewicz Dianna M, Holmes Kathryn W, Ravekes William, Shohet Ralph V, Pyeritz Reed E, Maslen Cheryl L, Kroner Barbara L, Eagle Kim A, Preiss Liliana, Asch Federico M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Unicuspid aortic valve (UAV) is a rare disorder, often difficult to distinguish from bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). BAV and UAV share valve pathology such as the presence of a raphe, leaflet fusion, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and/or ascending aortic dilatation, but a comprehensive echocardiographic comparison of patients with UAV and BAV has not been previously performed. METHODS: We...
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