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Assessment of bicuspid aortic valve phenotypes and associated pathologies: A transesophageal echocardiographic study.
Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir - 1 Dec 2017
Yakar Tülüce Selcen, Tülüce Kamil, Şimşek Ersin Çağrı, Şafak Özgen, Ökten Mehmet Şefa, Yapan Emren Zeynep, Emren Sadık Volkan, Kocabaş Uğur, Bayata Serdar, Nazlı Cem
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OBJECTIVE: We investigated the frequency of different bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAV) phenotypes,the associated valvular pathologies, and the aortopathy phenotypes, using 2-dimensional (2D) transthoracic, 2D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and 3-dimensional (3D) TEE. METHODS: A total of 154 patients with BAV were included. Five BAV phenotypes were detected. To better define valvular pathologies, binary...
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